Tag: forced electroshock treatment
Trend Toward Involuntary Electroshock Therapy Spurs Difficult Debate
From The CT Examiner. "He remembers saying no. No to shock therapy. The procedure was something he had thought about after his psychologist and...
Psychobabble of the Month: ECT Hailed as Method to Gain Consent...
Refusal to take clozapine was considered evidence of mental illness, and forced ECT changed her mind; the researchers call this "consent."
A Hospital Surgeon Falls Victim to Psychiatry
I had been a prestigious obstetrician and gynaecologist for 22 years. Then my world started to collapse, and I made an appointment with a psychiatrist.
Stop Shock Now: Psychiatry’s War Against Women and the Elderly
As a movement strategy, electroshock must be clearly framed and understood as a blatant human rights violation — a profound and devastating crime against people’s health and lives. Here are three possible action proposals in our continuing struggle to abolish electroshock.
Feral Psychiatry: The Case of Garth Daniels
Garth Daniels, a 39-year-old Melbourne man, has been shackled for 110 days and forced to undergo ECT 94 times at three times a week against his will. Last year, his family asked me to provide a second opinion on Garth’s case. As predicted, my recommendations against continued ECT were quickly dismissed by the hospital. There are critically important issues at stake in this case.
