All of these findings, all showing far greater levels of hazard than that claimed by official sources, depend predominantly on deaths being reported by those responsible for giving the ECT. A more objective measure was inadvertently provided in a study of patients’ attitudes to ECT (Freeman & Kendell, 1980). The researchers wanted to interview 183 people, an average of one year after ECT. However, 22 (12%) were either dead or missing. Twelve were definitely dead. Four had killed themselves. Counting only the two deaths which occurred during ECT the mortality rate was 1 per 91.5 patients. This finding, over 100 times greater than the one per 10,000 American Psychiatric Association claim, is not mentioned by the American Psychiatric Association report (2001) or, to our knowledge, by any other report or review. The UK ECT Review Group (2003) mentions none of the studies reviewed above, showing higher rates than the American Psychiatric Association claim.