Electroshock

New Study Confirms Electroshock (ECT) Causes Brain Damage

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 04.09.2012

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Dr. Peter Breggin

A new study shows ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) causes brain damage? That's not what you will find in the many promotional press releases published in the mainstream media.

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The Stealth ECT Psychiatrist in Psychiatric Reform

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 02.17.2012

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Dr. Peter Breggin

When I was a freshman in college leading the Harvard Mental Hospital Volunteer Program I found myself with free access to the state mental hospital in which we volunteered, and I got to see shock treatment. Electroshock patients were brought into the shock room led by burly aids and strapped down on the shock table.

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Are We Really Okay with Electroshocking Toddlers?

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Psychiatry, Depression, Ernest Hemingway, Australia, Children, Kitty Dukakis, Brain Damage, c.s. Lewis, Sylvia Plath, Electroshock, Health, Ect, Healthy Living News
Bruce E. Levine

It is not unusual for psychiatrists to simply prescribe one drug, then another drug, then several drug combinations (called "cocktails"), and if those fail, recommend ECT.

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