Life After ECT
Presented by Anna of Life After ECT. Anna is a childhood psychiatric drug and a teenage electroshock survivor. She founded Life After ECT to ensure people injured by electroconvulsive therapy have easy access to resources that can help them understand their injuries and find a path to recovery.
- MICHELLE HIMES V. SOMATICS, LLC, No. 21-55517 (9th Cir. 2022) :: Justia
- Ninth Circuit Queries State High Court About Duty to Warn in Medical Products Cases (metnews.com)
- View on ECT Justice
- Electroconvulsive Therapy Class Action Filed
- ECT Litigation Update: Are Patients Being Warned of Brain Damage Risk?
- JD Supra: Ninth Circuit Asks California Supreme Court to Clarify the Causation Standard Applicable When the Learned Intermediary Doctrine Applies
INJURED BY ECT?
- Petition update · Comprehensive Neuropsych and Rehabilitation Assessments for ECT Recipients
- Resources
- Litigation resources
- Report your injury to the FDA
MORE ECT LAWSUITS
- Over 100 Former ECT Patients Seek Legal Representation in England
- Michelle Himes v. Somatics, LLC
- ECT Lawsuit: Jeffery Thelen v, Somatics LLC, and Elektrika, INC.
- ECT Lawsuit: Janelle Schnulle, Plantiff v, Somatics LLC, Defendant
- Paralegal speaks out about electroconvulsive therapy controversies

ECT psychs aren’t telling patients the truth
ECT psychiatrists and device manufacturers aren’t telling patients the truth about ECT side effects and this is now resulting in legal consequences Still pushing marketing over science …

Another ECT myth debunked, again
A 2022 study finds no protection against suicide 30 days after ECT treatment and worse, a 30% increased risk of suicide in the following year …