These drugs caused him to gain excessive weight and contract severe acne, and they didn't even stop him from attempting suicide several times. He was also placed in a foster home when he was young, but he didn't feel safe there. The group environments, medications and counseling required at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign were not working for Kazmierczak, so the treatment option of electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT) appears to be appropriate. According to the textbook, ECT is used as a last resort for patients who suffer from major depression and may be seriously considering suicide. As someone who has not benefited from other types of treatment, Kazmierczak would have been a good candidate for the procedure. After receiving a muscle relaxant, an anesthetic and being adequately protected from the convulsions that would course through his body, a doctor would administer an electrical injection through his