Kitty Dukakis has battled disabling depression for more than twenty years. Coupled with drug andalcohol addictions that both hid and fueled her suffering, Kitty’s despair was overwhelming. She triedevery medication and treatment available; none worked for long. It was not until she got ECT that shecould reclaim her life.
    Kitty’s dramatic first-person account of how ECT keeps her illness at bay is half the story of SHOCK. The other half, by award-winning medical reporter Larry Tye, is an engrossing look at the sciencebehind ECT and its dramatic yet subterranean comeback.
    Kitty Dukakis and Larry Tye will read from SHOCK, and answer questions from the audience. A book sales and signing opportunity will follow.