Challenging long-standing beliefs about ECT, or electroconvulsive therapy, the wife of former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis describes how the technique helped her to overcome her more than twenty-year struggle with depression, compares ECT to anti-depressants and psychotherapy, and shares practical guidelines for pursuing ECT as an option.

The First Lady of Massachusetts speaks out about her private and public life, her husband's campaign for the presidency, her years in the political arena, and her own battle to overcome drug and alcohol abuse