Tag: women and ECT

Stop Shocking and Torturing Women ā€“ My Sisters

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Think of all those women who have undergone or will undergo electroshock and suffer severe losses in memory, intelligence, special skills, creativity. Women too disabled by shock to pursue promising careers. Women who suddenly die after being shocked. Electroshock is torture, and informed consent in psychiatry is a myth and a lie.

The ā€œTime to Strikeā€ is Now: A Call for Anti-ECT Activism

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This is a call for action against the horror euphemistically known as ā€œelectroconvulsive therapy.ā€ At a time when society is finally making advances against ECT, a courageous 80-year-old shock survivor, Connie Neil, has decided to go on a hunger strike to try to stop the horror that was visited on her from continuing to be visited on others.