Psychiatrists consistently deny inflicting brain damage when their patients are given electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), but what follows here casts doubts on the psychiatric assertions that all is well. In the documentary Therapy or Torture: The Truth About Electroshock, biomedical engineer Kenneth Castleman carried out a test to measure what potentially happens to…
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), also known as electroshock, is a procedure that’s been compared to a torture method more likely to be found in an interrogator's tool kit rather than in the inventory of a “medical practitioner.” It’s difficult to sanitise the procedure when the truth is in full view. With this…
Derek was admitted to High Royds Hospital near Leeds, in September 1973. He describes how he was depressed, as if fireworks were going off in his head, and he couldn’t think properly.
The psychiatric treatment electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was the focus of protesters who gathered in Central London on Tuesday. The protest coincided with the start of an international congress put on by the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) at Central Hall in Westminster. ECT or electroshock, which involves the application of high-voltage…
There are lots of people who think electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) isn’t used anymore. Many people think it’s a psychiatric method that’s only read about in history books. The truth however is that it’s still being used in over one hundred ECT clinics across the UK. Also known as electroshock, it’s been cloaked…
Whether it relates to children, adolescents, adults or the elderly, there has been a constant stream of news stories in recent times referring to mental health. Any reference however to mental health has been inverted. The pessimistic narratives in the stories often relate to the difficulties experienced by people during these difficult…
The cost of psychiatric treatment can be contentious on the basis that a person can be detained, treatment can be involuntary, and treatment can be continuous for lengthy periods of time. Information can be obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) which allows members of the public to see how much…
The controversial psychiatric treatment electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was the target of a protest outside of Meadowfield Hospital in Worthing, West Sussex on Saturday 25 September. Protesters gathered outside of the hospital entrance to highlight the brain damage being caused to patients being given ECT. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) which…
Calling for ECT to be suspended and reviewed, is akin to calling for a suspension of torture. The only answer is to ban ECT.
"Virtually my whole life has been seriously affected by the ECT treatment. This has caused me to lose years off my life because my heart is so weak now, from the heartache and sadness from the loss of who I was, what I was and how I was beforehand." In her own…
Janet is an artist, but like so many creative individuals, she became the target of certain people who would prefer to stifle or destroy that creativity. This is the true story of Janet Finn and her journey through the terrifying world of psychiatry.
