Ban Needed on ‘Torturous’ Electroconvulsive Therapy
Watchdog finds electroshock causes brain damage, memory loss, death and ‘mental euthanasia’ By CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog August 3, 2018 The mental…
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FDA regulates use of two electric shock devices for children’s ‘behavioral’ issues—is one torture and the other “treatment?”
By Kelly Patricia O’Meara Published by Citizens Commission on Human Rights The Mental Health Industry Watchdog May 10, 2017 More than a year after a…
FDA Proposes Ban on Skin-Shock Devices to Punish Misbehavior in Children
By CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog April 28, 2016 The Food and Drug Administration has proposed banning devices that use painful electric shocks as…
FDA Looks to Expand Electroshock Use Despite Significant Risks and No Proven Benefit
By Kelly Patricia O’Meara January 7, 2016 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has initiated a proposal that would reclassify Electroconvulsive Therapy Devices (ECT) from…
Another Assault on America’s Children—Electroshocking kids promoted as “safe & effective”
During the May 2013 annual conference of the American Psychiatric Association, APA, a study was presented, alleging that Electroconvulsive Therapy, ECT, (formerly known as Electroshock) for adolescents “is a safe, reasonably well-tolerated, and effective treatment.”