Opponents of electric-shock therapy are calling for a ban on its use in the elderly after a new study shows they are at increased risk of permanent brain damage. The Press (New Zealand) Feb 7 2007 By KAMALA HAYMAN The elderly, women and people with lower IQs are the most vulnerable to brain damage, particularly memory loss, according to the first large-scale study on the long-term effects of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). About 300 patients a year are given ECT ... (more...)

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ect.org note: This article is appearing in numerous publications and websites, so to avoid repeating the same information again and again, an ongoing list of publications will be posted below. ----------- Forbes Electroconvulsive Therapy Causes Permanent Amnesia and Cognitive Deficits, Prominent Researcher Admits 12.21.06, 3:38 PM ET NEW YORK, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a stunning reversal, an article in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology in January 2007 by prominent researcher Harold Sackeim of Columbia University reveals that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) causes ... (more...)

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If you buy and read only one book on ECT, this should be the one. Andre is not only a survivor of ECT, but has spent the past 25 years listening to, and documenting the experiences of, other survivors. With her exhaustive knowledge of what passes for scientific research on the subject, and an insider's knowledge of the politics behind that "science" as well as the pronouncements of supposedly trustworthy ... (more...)

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If you buy and read only one book on ECT, this should be the one. Andre is not only a survivor of ECT, but has spent the past 25 years listening to, and documenting the experiences of, other survivors. With her exhaustive knowledge of what passes for scientific research on the subject, and an insider's knowledge of the politics behind that "science" as well as the pronouncements of supposedly trustworthy authorities like the FDA, no ... (more...)

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We're a little late inducting Dev, so let's call him the 2007 Honoree, because the 2008 Honoree is right behind him in line, to be announced soon! Psychiatrist Davangere Devanand of Columbia University is dis-honored for his two faces: shock doctor and author of “The Memory Program,” a book on how to maintain and improve memory! Devanand’s book “The Memory Program” is clean. Clean as a drug dealer who tossed his stash minutes before being cuffed ... (more...)

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“When science has a commercial basis, those who make a living out of one point of view seem much less likely to tolerate dissent than is normal in the rest of science.” (David Healy, from his 2004 book Let Them Eat Prozac) Once, just once, it would be nice to see doctors who use ECT make an argument for their product based on facts and science, without lies and ... (more...)

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CVMC seeks OK for shock therapy November 5, 2007 By Mel Huff Times Argus Staff ... (more...)

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Today Israel remembers the Holocaust and honors those who died and survived. I suggest each person who visits ect.org today take a few moments to learn more about the Holocaust and why the need exists for reminders that it happened. Many of you visiting, had you lived under the Nazis, would have likely been exterminated too. You (and I) would have been part of the mentally defectives, the less desirables. Most people don't know that along with ... (more...)

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Linda Andre's new book scheduled for 2008 publication If you visit ect.org next year, expect that I'll be promoting Linda Andre's new book! And you'd better plan on buying. Her book was purchased this week by a major publisher! This book will shed light on an industry that has fed on a plague of self deception, of defensiveness, and of outright lies. Might as well put the shock industry on official notice: the chipping away at your ivory ... (more...)

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Senator and statesman, Thomas Eagleton dies at 77 By Jo Mannies POST-DISPATCH POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT St. Louis Sunday, Mar. 04 2007 Retired U.S. Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton -- a towering figure in national and state politics for half a century and the person for whom the federal courthouse downtown is named -- died late Sunday morning. He was 77. He had been ill for several months with various health problems. He died at St. Mary's Health Center in ... (more...)

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Two more blogs you should check out. Go now - these guys may be rogues in their fields. Somehow I'm picturing Jack Sparrow right now, and you can't beat a mental picture of that! First up, The Last Psychiatrist. He doesn't name himself, but does say he's an academic who specializes in forensics. Hmm. He doesn't seem to be the "typical" psychiatrist and says things like this: Psychiatry is politics, it ... (more...)

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MindFreedom.org has a blog and has been documenting the ongoing Eli Lilly legal challenges: MindFreedom Blog Next blog is from the makers of the film "Side Effects," and includes news about the pharmaceutical industry. I'll soon be viewing and reviewing their new film "Money Talks - Profits Before Patient Safety." The trailer intrigued me and this looks like it could be a dandy! Mo Productions

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As many of you know, a few years ago I battled Tenet Healthcare Corporation in the case of Kathleen Garrett, an elderly woman who was being forcibly shocked at a St. Louis Tenet-owned hospital. They tried to threaten and bully me into silence with threats of lawsuits, etc. I now keep track of Tenet's bad behavior (and it's really quite bad) on this website. It seems that Eli Lilly is using the same tactics, what are ... (more...)

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You wanted parity? Swiss may expand assisted suicide to include mental illness Yahoo News Feb 2 2007 A ruling by Switzerland's highest court released Friday has opened up the possibility that people with serious mental illnesses could be helped by doctors to take their own lives. Switzerland already allows physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients under certain circumstances. The Federal Tribunal's decision puts mental illnesses on the same level as physical ones."It must be recognized that an ... (more...)

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