CCHR: Ban Needed on 'Torturous' Electroconvulsive TherapyPR Newswire (press release)[8] ECT uses up to 460 volts, deliberately inducing a grand mal seizure that the American Psychiatric Association (APA) says can last up to 30 minutes. ECT: Slaughters Pigs and Tortures. ECT was invented in fascist Italy in 1937 by psychiatrist Ugo ...