§ Mr. Stevensasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if statistics are available of the number of patients suffering epilepsy after being treated with electric shock treatment; and if he will list them for the last five years.
§ Sir George YoungStatistics on this are not collected centrally. Evidence assembled in research studies in this and other countries indicates that reports of epileptic symptoms beginning after electro-convulsive therapy are exceedingly rare.