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A Real-Life Doctor Frankenstein?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.16.2012 | Science
Read More: Video, Galvanism, Isaac Newton, Electricity, Talk Nerdy to Me, Corpse Reanimator, Luigi Galvani, Mad Scientist, Mad Science, Giovanni Aldini, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Deep Brain Stimulation, Cara Santa Maria, Frankenstein, Electrophysiology, Science News

2012-05-16-Screenshot20120516at3.52.36PM.pngGiovanni Aldini may not be a household name, but his contributions to science cannot be ignored. Neither can his macabre demonstrations of the power of electricity on the human body.

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New Study Confirms Electroshock (ECT) Causes Brain Damage

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 04.09.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Psychiatry, Brain-Disabling-Treatments, Peter Breggin, Brain Damage, Lobotomy, Ect, Electroshock, Shock Treatment, Toxic Psychiatry, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Mental Health, Electroshock Treatment, ECT Treatment, Healthy Living News
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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Shock Therapy 'Riddle' Solved By Brain Scientists

Posted 03.20.2012 | Science
Read More: Psychiatry, Depression, Video, Depression Treatment, Electricity, Electrodes, Brain, Electroshock Therapy, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Shock Therapy, Science News

By: Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Staff Writer Published: 03/19/2012 03:04 PM EDT on MyHealthNewsDaily While "shock therapy" has been used ...

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FDA Panel Recommends Testing of ECT Machines

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Ect, Fda, Shock Treatment, Electroconvulsive Therapy, FDA Panel, Home News
Dr. Peter Breggin

Psychiatric reform moves ahead a step at a time, falters, and hopefully moves ahead again. Today's recommended classification of ECT into Category III for most conditions is a step forward and a somewhat positive sign to those of us who have called for this for decades.

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Not the Only Psychiatrist Who Opposes ECT

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Lobotomy, FDA Hearings, Psychosurgery, Ect, Shock Treatment, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Home News
Dr. Peter Breggin

The FDA is proposing to move ECT from the high risk category to the medium risk category to avoid the necessity of any testing for safety or efficacy.

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Should Electroconvulsive Therapy Be More Difficult To Get? FDA To Decide.

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Mental Illness, Psychiatry, Scientology, Mentally Ill, Mental Health, Electroshock Therapy, Schizophrenia, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Ect, Fda, Food and Drug Administration, Psychiatric, Shock Treatment, Home News
DJ Jaffe

The Food and Drug Administration is having a meeting to decide who controls your right to choose mental illness treatment.

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Will The FDA Whitewash Electroconvulsive Therapy?

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Mental Health, Psychiatry, Psychiatric-Therapy, Child Mental Health, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Ect, Home News
Dr. Peter Breggin

For decades the FDA has allowed electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to be used without requiring any proof of safety or efficacy. The machines and the tre...

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FDA Considers Caving to Scientology and Making Mental Illness Treatment Illegal

DJ Jaffe | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Church of Scientology, Mental Illness, Scientology, Depression, Mental Health, Fda, Electroshock Therapy, Schizophrenia, Scientologists, Bipolar, Psychosis, Ect, Food and Drug Administration, Electroconvulsive-Therapy, Shock Therapy, Nami, Treatment Advocacy Center, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Japan, American Psychiatric Association, Healthy Living News
DJ Jaffe

As far-fetched as it sounds, the FDA is considering making it more difficult to treat depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and psychosis.

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The Mass Production of Mental Illness and What To Do About It

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Thomas Szasz, Dopamine, Walden Two, Dsm, Drug Companies, Richard P. Bentall, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Prozac, Psychosis, Fda, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Schizophrenia, Madness, American Psychiatric Association, Ssris, B. F. Skinner, Neurotransmitters, Evidence-Based Medicine, Treatment of Mental Illness, Psychiatry, Depression, Chlorpromazine, Drug Company Profits, Randomized Controlled Trials, Mental Asylums, Big Pharma, Ect, Placebo, Rose Kennedy, Insulin Coma Therapy, Antipsychiatry, Mental Illness, Pharmaceutical Industry, R. D. Laing, Brain Chemistry, Carl Rogers, Prefrontal Leucotomy, Psychiatric Drugs, Genetics, Psychiatric Practice, Walter Freeman, Emil Kraepelin, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Book Reviews, Books, Books News
Anis Shivani

Dr. Richard P. Bentall, professor and practitioner of clinical psychology in Britain, exposes the highly dubious nature of reigning presumptions about the causes and treatment of mental illness.

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Living Through Wanting to Die

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Suicide, Depression, Mark Goulston, Dying, Electroconvulsive-Therapy, Death, Health, Healthy Living News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

Devastating illnesses can bring patients to the brink of a seemingly agreeable suicide. The role of the psychiatrist can be to look coldly through the pain and determine if there is a way to save the patient's life and make it worth enduring.

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Glad To Be Mad: Mentally Ill Start 'Mad Pride' Movement (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Elyn Saks, Elyn Saks Schizophrenia, National Institute of Mental Health, Bipolar Disorder Treatment, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Bonkersfest, Video, The Icarus Project, Mad Pride Cabaret, Mad Rights, Electroshock Therapy, Schizophrenia, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness, Schizophrenia Treatment, MindFreedom International, Elyn Saks Mental Illness, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness, Extreme Mental States, Liz Spikol Bipolar Disorder, Freedom Center, Radical Mental Health Collective, Mental Illness, Bipolar Disorder, Mad Pride March, Elyn Saks the Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness, Liz Spikol Blog, Liz Spikol the Trouble With Spikol, Mad Movement, Liz Spikol, Mental Illness Advocacy, Healthy Living News

Yesterday the New York Times explored the burgeoning "mad pride" movement, which aims to fight the stigma of serious mental illness like schizophrenia...

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