I would like to receive some opinions/suggestions reguarding our situation.

My girlfriend of 2+ years and I recently moved to Florida from Ohio. She had been diagnosed with schizophrenoform (a mild form of schizophrenia that can resurface every so often) and severe depression about three years ago. Since moving here we have both changed jobs, moved away from our families, and relocated all at the same point in time. All of these adjustments are some of the most stressful life events one can go through (not to mention we are still young 20 &23). But back to the point of the thread, she was having a hard time with all the changes. She went through 5 jobs in a matter of months and began to show signs of severe depression resurfacing along with minor hallucinations, babbling, and self mutilation. We scheduled her for an ECT review and she was denied the procedure. The thing that gets to me is that I believe (due to statements, questions, and phrasing by the reviewing psychologist) she was denied because of society's uneducated, negative outlook on the ECT process. ECT is one of the most, if not the most, effective treatment for severe depression. The only documented side effects are minor STM (short term memory) loss and the extremely rare occurence of a death. Why are people suffering so much when there is an almost flawless solution right in front of our faces? We can't access this highly successful treatment but anyone and their mother (even those individuals without an illness) has access to psychological drugs such as antidepressants, which by the way, cause numerous deaths (usually suicidal) and have endless lists of side effects.