Psychiatry Continues Push for Electroshocking Nation's Frail Elderly: CCHR Questions Potential Lethal Effects of ECT ...Yahoo FinanceThe death rate for elderly patients who receive shock is 50 times higher than patients are told on the American Psychiatric Association's model consent form. The APA sets the chance of dying at 1 in 10,000. But the death rate is closer to 1 in 200 ...