Diana Zlomislic: 2 books

Few medical treatments are as fraught with fear, misunderstanding and controversy as electroshock, or electroconvulsive therapy. Most of us consider it a treatment of the 1950s and 60s, an option medicine and society have left behind. Yet ECT is experiencing a startling resurgence and is seen as especially...

A seemingly normal child, Ashley Smith fell into an abyss as a teen. Locked up at 15, the New Brunswick girl spent most of her youth in solitary confinement until, at age 19, she choked herself to death while on suicide watch in a federal prison, with guards standing by as she took her last breaths....