New ECT Research and Litigation Opportunities – Life After ECT News (2024)
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Electroconvulsive therapy side effects
Psychiatry has been hesitant to provide a full account of possible side effects from electroconvulsive therapy and so they are given here.
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.
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
ECT: Is this the best you can do?
It is estimated that the use of ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy) in the USA alone provides around 1.8 billion dollars in annual income to psychiatry. It is big business and that business is being protected.
ECT: At least the pigs stopped screaming
Cerletti observed that pigs being prepared for slaughter were given electroshocks across the temples and seizured but did not die.
Michelle Himes v Somatics llc – suit against ECT machine manufacturer
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.
Electroconvulsive therapy: ‘I have no memory of a year of my life’
“It’s very difficult to talk about because I have very little memory of this period,” she said. “There are huge gaps around things that I really should remember as a mum and I find that quite distressing.”
Statement of Gloria Barr for Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit hearing
Ms Barr gives evidence about her perspectives on the Lake Alice staff, the use of electroconvulsive therapy without anaesthetic on children and her experiences while working in the Child and Adolescent Unit.
NZ Government Guilty of Torture – A Nations Shame – extended cut Newshub expose’
The extended cut version of New Zealand National Shame for the inactions leaving all of the victims of Lake Alice and other State run and… Read More »NZ Government Guilty of Torture – A Nations Shame – extended cut Newshub expose’
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) – Does the Evidence From Clinical Trials Justify its Continued Use?
JOHN READ and IRVING KIRSCH This week on Mad In America Radio we turn our attention to electroconvulsive therapy (known as electroshock in the US).… Read More »Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) – Does the Evidence From Clinical Trials Justify its Continued Use?