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Madam, – The letter from Dr Pat Bracken (August 30th) in response to the recent study of the side-effects of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) (Clare O’Connell – HEALTHplus, August 24th) made the relevant point that this study did not look at the phenomenon of retrograde amnesia. I would like to endorse what he stated, as this lapse in the study is highly significant, because, as he said, numerous studies in the literature report that this is the most significant problem reported by recipients of this treatment. ( Models of Madness, Ed. John Read, Loren R Mosher, et al).