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Comprehensive information about ECT, electroconvulsive therapy, aka electroshock, shock therapy. Includes personal ECT experiences, audio and video on ECT, the latest research on the effects of ECT and more.

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The Effects of ECT

Herbal Treatments for ECS-Induced Memory Deficits: A Review of Research and a Discussion on Animal Models
Participate in an ECT evaluation if you've experienced adverse effects
ECT Effects on Memory
ECT: II: Patients who Complain
Adverse Psychological Effects of ECT
Memory - Now Where Did I Put Those Keys?
SHOCK THERAPY... IT'S BACK
NAMI promotes misinformation
Voices From Within: A Study of ECT and Patient Perceptions
Time to Abandon Electroconvulsion as a Treatment in Modern Psychiatry
SHE WAS SHOCKED
Dr. John Breeding's Testimony to the NY State Assembly
ECT damage is easy to find if you look for it
Psychiatrists' views on ECT and brain damage
Dr. Sydney Samant on ECT
Can ECT Permanently Harm the Brain?
Psychopathology of Frontal Lobe Syndromes
Brain Damage and Memory Loss From ECT
An Intro to neuropsychological assessment
Electroshock as head injury
Brain scans and Charles Kellner

ECT News

News from ect.org - In the Headlines
News from ect.org - Personal Stories
News from ect.org - Lawsuits
News from ect.org - Forced electroshock
News from ect.org - Trends in ECT
News from ect.org - Legislative Updates
News from ect.org - Media stories

• News from Shocked! ECT - In the Headlines

  ECT abolished in the Republic of Slovenia
  Is electroconvulsive therapy - ECT - a barbaric treatment for mental illness?
  ECT practitioners and users welcome review
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  What psychiatrists hate
  No warnings before shock treatment
  Reign of Error
  NAMI Censorship
  NAMI glue scandal keeps raising a stink! Dendrite News Release
  The Shocking Truth
  BC will investigate spike in electroshock treatments
  Doctor's departure spotlights therapy
  Riverview Report
  Doctor fired after blowing whistle on electroshock excess
  Psychiatrist loses license
  Are Psychiatrists Betraying Their Patients?

  News from Shocked! ECT - Personal Stories

  Wayne Lax - The Lost Years
  Shock treatment survivor continues to speak out
  Kenora man was 'high as a kite' cabbie
  Timed Out
  Kenora man takes to world stage -as 'psychiatric survivor'
  Man leads crusade to reduce impaired driving
  People behind the stories
  Speak Out Against Shock
  Psychiatric Survivor tackles road safety
  Come back story an award winner
  Terrible legacy of Lake Alice
  Into the Darkness Into the Light
  Electroconvulsive therapy's return stirs debate on use
  A survivor battles to stop controversial shock therapy
  Shock therapy: 'Ruined lives'
  Families' Tragic Campaign
  Undergoing treatment like being hit by a sledgehammer
  Shocking treatment still torture for some
  SHE WAS SHOCKED
  USA Today Series on ECT

  News from Shocked! ECT - Lawsuits

  Shock therapy patients to sue
  Leeds man awarded half million pounds
  Electric shock suit condemns hospital
  A strange story of electroshock, shooting, and intent
  Shock machine company pays up!
  Woman says electric shock treatment destroyed her life
  Shock treatment victim supports suit
  Soldier sues

  News from Shocked! ECT - Forced electroshock

  What to do if you're facing forced electroshock/ECT
  Involuntary and illegal electroshock in Michigan
  Justice Hall Reserves Judgement in Forced Shock Case
  Deciding competence - how the Paul Henri Thomas case points out the Catch-22 in our system
  Paul Henri Thomas - Newsday
  Report from NYC Protest on Forced Shock
  Callous shock docs zap holes in people's lives
  Angry Pol Would Rein In ZAP-HAPPY State Shock Docs
  Dad's Rights Zapped by the Shock Docs
  Electroshock turns Hillside to Hellside
  Family Up in Arms over Psych-Hosp Zap Therapy
  Mom in Tears as docs "treat" her captive son
  The Rosa Parks of Electroshock - Lucille Austwick
  Octogenarian May Be Forced to Undergo Shock Treatment
  Mother Launches Appeal
  Michelle Shocked survives her share of jolts
  Why so many women are still coerced into electroconvulsive therapy

  News from Shocked! ECT - Trends in ECT

  Electroconvulsive therapy's return stirs debate on use
  American psychiatrist calls shock 'barbaric'
  Debate still rages over electric shock treatments
  Managed Care and ECT
  Documents reveal failures
  Electric shock therapy 'not up to scratch'
  Shock Treatment to be Unplugged?
  New figures show doctors give 1,300 ECT treatments every week
  Electroshock comeback raises tough questions
  Shock Therapy cuts hospital costs
  Use of shock to control prisoners in Uruguay
  Now psychiatrists admit: shock therapy can kill!
  Woman sets record for shock treatment

  News from Shocked! ECT - legislative updates

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  Testimony of Leonard Roy Frank
  Testimony of Linda Andre, Director of Committee for Truth in Psychiatry
  Testimony from Anne Krauss
  TESTIMONY OF JOHN M. FRIEDBERG, M.D., NEUROLOGIST
  Testimony of Anna Szyszko
  Press statement from Anna Szyszko
  Luster Press Release
  From the Luster Press Packet
  ECT practices in the community
  Summary of written comments by Mental Hygiene Legal Services
  July 18, 2001 New York Hearings on ECT
  Callous shock docs zap holes in people's lives
  Angry Pol Would Rein In ZAP-HAPPY State Shock Docs
  Dad's Rights Zapped by the Shock Docs
  Electroshock turns Hillside to Hellside
  Electroconvulsive therapy's return stirs debate on use
  Missouri Reporting Law - Sen. Betty Sims says it's too controversial
  New Hampshire HB406 - prohibiting ECT on children under age 16
  State faults area hospitals in use of shock treatments
  Southwest Memorial cited for shock treatment lapses
  Accused MHMR director quits
  Bill sought to ban ECT
  Bill seeks to ban ECT
  Records show improper use
  Shock therapy scrutinzed in wake of woman's death
  Hospital Pulls Plug
  Patient believes ECT caused problems
  Senate passes watered down bill
  Vermont bill passes House
  Italy is Setting Precedent for Banning Electroshock Treatment
  Electroconvulsive therapy is restricted in Italy
  Protestors call for a ban on electroshock
  News
  Shock treatment's return to Niagra provokes range of intense emotions

  News from Shocked! ECT - Media stories

  Into the Darkness Into the Light
  Electric shock treatment
  The Shocking Truth
  USA Today Series on ECT
  SHOCK THERAPY... IT'S BACK
  Lost Memories
  A Kinder, Gentler ECT
  New Look at an Old Therapy
  Electroshock therapy revised
  Called `barbaric' by some, a `miracle' cure by others
  Despite Infamy, Shock Therapy Makes a Comeback
  Shock therapy debate
  Taking the shock out of electroshock
  Return of the electrical monster
  Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
  Shock death in Australia

Resources - Studies, Statistics, Policy Statements

Studies
Statements and reports
Statistics
About CTIP - The Committee for Truth in Psychiatry

• Studies

  The Death of Electroconvulsive Therapy
  Retrospective controlled study of inpatient ECT: does it prevent suicide?
  Study in JAMA reveals high relapse rate
  ECT: Sham Statistics, the Myth of Convulsive Therapy, and the Case for Consumer Misinformation
  Does Electroconvulsive Therapy Prevent Suicide?
  Effectiveness rates
  Does Treatment Influence Mortality in Depressives?
  Stimulus intensity, seizure threshold, and seizure duration
  Effects of stimulus intensity and electrode placement on the efficacy and cognitive effects
  Experimental studies of the therapeutic action
  Electroconvulsive therapy for schizophrenia
  Herbal Treatments for ECS-Induced Memory Deficits: A Review of Research and a Discussion on Animal Models
  Electroconvulsive Therapy During Pregnancy
  The Identification and Management of Patients with a High Risk for Cardiac Arrhythmias During Modified ECT
  Electroshocking Elderly People: Another Psychiatric Abuse
  Half a Century of ECT Use in Young People
  Max Fink on pediatric ECT
  Expert Warns Against ECT for Kids
  EEG Monitoring in ECT
  Is electroconvulsive therapy unsuitable for children and adolescents?
  Time to Abandon Electroconvulsion as a Treatment in Modern Psychiatry
  Food and Drug Administration Action is Required
  Write the FDA!
  Voices From Within: A Study of ECT and Patient Perceptions
  Voices - abstract
  ECT: II: Patients who Complain
  Salford Report
  Survivor Views
  Mayo study, report from Reuters
  New UK report from Mind examines patient experiences
  Electroshock and Informed Consent
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  Electroshock and Informed Consent
  Sweet Words That Hurt
  The History of ECT
  Applying the scientific method to the processes of science can be illuminating
  ECT Anon - Research Information
  NAMI promotes misinformation
  Shock Doc Roster

  Statements and reports

  National Mental Health Association (NMHA) Policy Position on ECT
  RESOLUTION AGAINST ELECTROSHOCK - A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY
  American Psychiatric Association
  APA: Recommendations
  The Practice of Electroconvulsive Therapy
  Censored!
  CMHS report on ECT
  CMHS meeting on ECT
  Debate simmers as controversy flares
  A dialogue with the FDA
  Richard Abrams writes to the FDA
  Max Fink writes to the FDA
  Patient groups criticize federal report on shock therapy
  Federal Report Praising Electroshock Stirs Uproar
  ECT Document Reverberates Over the Internet Copyright
  Consumer group criticises surgeon general on ECT
  "Unscientific" Surgeon General's Report Misrepresents Research, Minimizes Risks of Electroshock, Say Advocates
  Draft Surgeon General's Report endorses ECT despite evidence of its dangers<
  Letter from Support Coalition International
  MISLEADING REPORT OVERSTATES PREVALENCE OF MENTAL ILLNESS

  Statistics

  California Figures from the Dept. of Mental Health
  Statistics from Quebec
  Salford Report
  Survivor Views
  Ontario stats
  New UK report from Mind examines patient experiences
  Comments on "ECT in Scotland" from Alex Doherty

Self Help, Depression Treatment, Alternative Treatment for Depression

Overcoming the Impossible
Effective Mood Stabilization With a Chelated Mineral Supplement
Herbal Treatments for ECS-Induced Memory Deficits: A Review of Research and a Discussion on Animal Models
Goggles
Fish oil found to ease manic depression
Prozac of the sea
Fats for mental health
Pathway to health
Omega 3 Fatty Acids in Bipolar Disorder
SAME
Healing any doubts over 'natural' therapy
Insight meditation found to relieve psoriasis, anxiety
Acupuncture can work, and it's not just wishful thinking
Patient, Heal Thyself

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