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What follows are the three most frequently asked questions sent via email: 1. Where can I find a facility that gives ECT? I don't have a master list of ECT providers. I am concerned, however, that you would be seeking out ECT on your own. It is unlikely that you would find a clinic or hospital that would give you ECT without a doctor's recommendation. This is something that should be discussed with your psychiatrist. Your doctor will ... (more...)

Added: Mar 13, 2007 4:57 pm | 83 Comments |  Email This Post  | Print

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...)

Added: Feb 7, 2007 11:10 am | 13 Comments |  Email This Post  | Print

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...)

Added: Dec 22, 2006 5:05 pm | 37 Comments |  Email This Post  | Print

by Linda Andre Director, CTIP The Cognitive Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Community Settings NIMH-funded research study published in the January 2007 issue of Neuropsychopharmacology Author and primary investigator: Harold Sackeim Funding: NIMH grants #35636, Affective and Cognitive Consequences of ECT, funded since 1981 for a total of approximately ten million dollars so far (grant has been renewed through 2009) #59069, ECT Practices in Community Settings---Evaluating Outcomes, funded since 1999 for a total of approximately 3.5 million dollars so far Summary: ... (more...)

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Memory and cognitive effects of ECT: informing and assessing patients Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2006), vol. 12, 228 238 Harold Robertson & Robin Pryor Abstract: Over the past few years electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has come under increased scrutiny in the UK, with the first systematic review of patients’ experiences and new national guidelines. Our aim in this article is to translate recent and sometimes confusing research and policy statements into practical guidance that benefits patients. We examined the evidence ... (more...)

Added: Jul 31, 2006 11:52 am | 6 Comments |  Email This Post  | Print

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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SHOCKED TACTICS CELTIC CONNECTIONS: WHEN MICHELLE SHOCKED PLAYS CELTIC CONNECTIONS NEXT MONTH SHE’LL PREACH RELIGION RATHER THAN REVOLUTION ... BUT FAITH HAS NOT DULLED HER ANGER BY ANDREW PURCELL Sunday Herald THERE'S ONLY two things you don't talk about in polite company - one is politics, the other is religion." Michelle Shocked delivers her favourite line with a shrug that signals her intention to talk about faith, politics and little else. No-one has ever called her polite, but that's ... (more...)

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Professor: 67 percent of elderly are depressed; ECT could be a "useful treatment" December 13, 2007 ‘ECT — most useful to treat depression’ Daily Times, Lahore Pakistan Staff Report LAHORE: Despite all myths and misconceptions, electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) also known, as electric shock treatment, is most effective treatment to treat depression, said Dr Ashar Khan, Bond University, Australia. He was delivering a lecture on ECT – An Evidence-based Approach on Monday at the University of Health Sciences (UHS). UHS vice chancellor ... (more...)

Added: Dec 14, 2007 11:57 am | 1 Comment |  Email This Post  | Print

NZPA | Tuesday, 27 November 2007 A committee of MPs says electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) should only be used as a treatment of last resort. Under ECT, specialised medical equipment is used to induce an epileptic seizure by passing a small electrical current across the brain. Parliament's health select committee has been considering a petition by doctor Helen Smith who wants ECT to be voluntary, and its use with children, pregnant women 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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Christian Hageseth just can't seem to stay out of trouble. It seemed certain that things couldn't get any worse for the Colorado man when he was caught prescribing medications online - in violation of the terms of his restricted medical license - and a California teenager died. The former psychiatrist, who once billed himself as the "compassionate" ECT doc, was finally out of business and surrendered his medical license, admitting he knew he had violated ... (more...)

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Colo. doctor extradited to Calif. over illegal Web prescription The Associated Press 11/30/2007 12:39:19 AM PST REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—A Colorado doctor accused of illegally prescribing Prozac for a Stanford student who later committed suicide has been extradited to San Mateo County to faces charges. Dr. Christian Hageseth III was extradited from Nebraska, where he was recently arrested during a traffic stop. He was scheduled to enter a plea Friday to one count of practicing medicine without a license, but ... (more...)

Added: Dec 13, 2007 12:59 am | Comment |  Email This Post  | Print

Doc pleads not guilty to practicing sans license Colorado physician accused of prescribing Prozac online By Michael Manekin, STAFF WRITER San Mateo County Times 12/05/2007 REDWOOD CITY — A Colorado doctor accused of filling an online Prozac prescription for a Stanford student who later committed suicide pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he practiced medicine without a California license. Dr. Christian Hageseth, 46, was extradited last week from Nebraska, where he had been cited for speeding, and was being held ... (more...)

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Doctor extradited to face charges in patient's suicide By Coloradoan staff Dec. 1, 2007 Dr. Christian Hageseth III of Fort Collins has been extradited to California to face charges that he illegally prescribed Prozac for a Stanford student who later committed suicide. Hageseth, a psychiatrist, was to enter a plea Friday in San Mateo County, Calif., to one an count of practicing medicine without a license. However, the judge delayed the hearing until Tuesday so that she could consider ... (more...)

Added: Dec 12, 2007 10:16 pm | Comment |  Email This Post  | Print