TAG / ELECTROSHOCK
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MENTAL HEALTH
ECT Leads to Cardiac Deaths According to New Study
Psychiatry still uses dangerous electroconvulsive “therapy” despite the risks and often without informed consent. Even worse, guidelines do not require cardiac consultations before shocking patients.
MENTAL HEALTH
Harold Sackeim’s Conflicts of Interest at the Heart of Dangerous Industry of Electroshock
A web of connections between Sackeim, manufacturers and a government official creates a profit center out of the human misery of electroshock.
MENTAL HEALTH
“Imagine” a World Without Psychiatry—But With Better Mental Health
The truth about psychiatry is shocking: It’s created an industry of “treatments” that do far more harm than good in addressing “diseases” that don’t exist.
MENTAL HEALTH
Harming in the Name of Help: Traveling Exhibit Shines Light on Psychiatric Human Rights Abuses
As psychiatric drug prescriptions soar, so do suicide rates, to the highest since 1941.
MENTAL HEALTH
California Supreme Court Says “No Electroshock without Informed Consent” in Major Patient Victory
When it comes to the dangers of electroconvulsive therapy, patients have been left largely unprotected by government regulations—until now.
VIOLATIONS
The Daily Beast: A Cautionary Tale of Writers Gone Wild for Cash
If you perchance ever took a wrong turn in the dark alleys of the internet, you may have stumbled upon a self-proclaimed “high-end tabloid,” The Daily Beast.
MENTAL HEALTH
House Appropriations Committee Eliminates Torture Loophole—Halts Electrocution for “Behavior Control”
Everyone, it appears, agrees that the use of violent electric shocks isn’t therapy but torture. Everyone, that is, except the torturers.
