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Doctors of deception what they don't want you to know about shock treatment

Mechanisms and standards exist to safeguard the health and welfare of the patient, but for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)used to treat depression and other mental illnessessuch approval methods have failed. Prescribed to thousands over the years, public relations as opposed to medical trials have paved the way for this popular yet dangerous and controversial treatment option. Doctors of Deception is a revealing history of ECT (or shock therapy) in the United States, told here for the first time. Through the examination of court records, medical data, FDA reports, industry claims, her own ex.

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  • "This superb study documents a development that is an ongoing controversy in the field of psychiatry: electro convulsive therapy (ECT) and the appropriateness of using it to treat a host of conditions such as depression and anxiety. Looking at neurophysiological effects, Andre (director, Committee for Truth in Psychiatry, an organization for ECT survivors) makes a strong case that ECT, like traumatic brain injury, produces significant brain damage resulting in memory loss, cognitive deficits, and difficulties with everyday tasks (e.g., making change, calculation). The author argues that the psychiatric establishment (including makers of devices working hand in hand with regulatory agencies, in defiance of conflict-of-interest statutes) has refused to consider the possibility of any loss accruing from ECT. Indeed, in contradiction to scientific evidence (which has been suppressed), ECT adherents and practitioners claim that it promotes neural development, and they have made efforts to prove that underlying depression, not ECT, causes morphological changes in the brain. Weaving her own, often poignant, experiences with ECT into the narrative, Andre contends that ECT proponents/practitioners undercut informed consent through systemic deceit, including failure to reveal negative consequences. The audience for this excellent resource should include those who make mental health policy. D.J. Winchester Yeshiva University."
  • "Mechanisms and standards exist to safeguard the health and welfare of the patient, but for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)used to treat depression and other mental illnessessuch approval methods have failed. Prescribed to thousands over the years, public relations as opposed to medical trials have paved the way for this popular yet dangerous and controversial treatment option. Doctors of Deception is a revealing history of ECT (or shock therapy) in the United States, told here for the first time. Through the examination of court records, medical data, FDA reports, industry claims, her own ex."@en

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