1) I just watched the documentary @cureddoc, about the past pathologization of #homosexuality by @APApsychiatric, its harmful stigmatization and treatments such as #ECT and #lobotomy, and the efforts that led to overturning the classification of being #gay as a #mentaldisorder.
2) @cureddoc is very good, but there is at least one false and misleading statement. At 1:12:11, near the end, text states, “#ECT continues as a treatment for severe forms of depression – with the consent of patients and effective results for many people.” Forced ECT still real.
3) @cureddoc #ECT is still often done without consent of the patient, many patients who did sign for it have later said they did not feel they were given proper informed consent, and many patients report long-term cognitive impairment, as well psychological trauma. #psychiatry
4) Although the @US_FDA reiterated its approval of #ECT a few years ago, the safety reclassification was challenged by many patients and advocates. FDA has not required comprehensive sham ("placebo") clinical trials like for many other medical treatments. madinamerica.com/2016/04/commen…
Many people who had #ECT with long-term adverse effects still feel dismissed and wronged by the safety reclassification by @US_FDA. federalregister.gov/documents/2018…
5) I think @cureddoc is a great documentary overall, but the creators are apparently in the dark about continuing abusive use of #ECT, its devastating impact on cognition, memory, personal lives, careers of many. @ReadReadj @ClinpsychLucy @Mad_In_America tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…
6) Activists are working to get mainstream psychiatry organizations such as @APApsychiatric to acknowledge long-term harms of #ECT and continuing abusive use of it. Lawsuits over #braininjury from #ECT and other issues are continuing. madinamerica.com/2019/06/ect-li…
7) The pathologizing beliefs and practices of #Psychiatry and orgs. such as @APApsychiatric continue to be challenged for being false, misleading, immoral, ineffectual, and harmful. There is various debate, but the debates aren't going away.
https://twitter.com/Mad_In_America/status/1412023644457406468?s=20
8) Patients, friends, family, and advocates are calling for better regulation and oversight of #ECT such as in this petition by @PsychRecovery.
https://twitter.com/PsychRecovery/status/1234480329227821058?s=20
Also see website of @lifeafterect
https://twitter.com/lifeafterect/status/1413685544937086976?s=20
FINAL CCHR INT RESPONSE TO FDA ECT PROPOSAL, 020916.doc cchrint.org/pdfs/cchr-resp…
Another by Amy Beausang. Balancing the Benefits and Risks of Antidepressants peoplespharmacy.com/articles/balan…
A paralegal who worked for law firm representing a man with total autobiographical memory loss following electroconvulsive therapy (#ECT) shares his insights on the controversial treatment after extensive research on the topic. lifeafterect.com/paralegal-spea…
"Seven years ago, I was administered electric shock treatment for a disorder I later learnt I didn’t have. Not only was it the most traumatic and evidently unnecessary experience of my life, I am no longer the same person because of it." rosselarkin.medium.com/surviving-elec…
ECT Stories ectstories.com
My Personal NEGATIVE TMS Experience via @YouTube
“This technology may be pivotal in establishing something of which we’ve been becoming increasingly aware – how brains can be damaged on the battlefield by shockwaves whose impacts are often misdiagnosed as post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD],” he said.
https://twitter.com/ObserverUK/status/1495284977394614272?s=20&t=nUy3u0mmlCuatOWyjeqw5Q
This report outlines the needs of child sexual abuse and sexual violence survivors in relation to the current conceptualisation and provision for 'personality disorder'. osf.io/svz3w/ via @OSFramework
Article about book and work by @DrJessTaylor on pathologisation of traumatized and abused women.
https://twitter.com/irishexaminer/status/1503068396182650882?s=20&t=CG6kqN0BJSijWFevfOTHXw
@APApsychiatric
https://twitter.com/Mad_In_America/status/1418948433046614024?s=20&t=95lFwCA2bb7fj-4_6nLpnA
Changes to mental health law approved in Bahrain: #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy (ECT) will not be used on mental patients without their consent, or that of their relatives or guardians zawya.com/en/legal/chang…
“In 2010, staff administering ECT forgot to place a mouth guard in Ms. MacLaren’s mouth during the treatment,” says the submission. “Ms. MacLaren shattered her teeth due to the convulsions in her jaw[.]” focusonvictoria.ca/novdec2016/esc…
Memory and cognitive effects of ECT: informing and assessing patients cambridge.org/core/journals/…
The experimental treatment involved is known as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. [...] The woman agreed to participate in the study, but she now says she was never warned of any risk of a brain injury. dko-law.com/blog/2013/augu…
Study 329 was a randomized, controlled trial of the efficacy and harms of paroxetine and imipramine in the treatment of adolescent major depression published in the journal with the highest impact factor in the field, @JAACAP study329.org
Leemon McHenry, PhD, guides us to the fraudulent core of ghostwritten studies, captured legislators, revolving-door regulatory agencies, pay-to-play medical journals, and the "key opinion leaders" who lend their academic credentials to giant corporations tinyurl.com/3cerbsrp
From @hrw: "To comport with human rights, treatment should be based on the will and preferences of the person concerned, and not defined by some other entity’s conception of their best interest."
https://twitter.com/robwipond/status/1514676127276548096?s=20&t=EtLbcDtYd4XkhchzWX39Sw
Celexa, Lexapro & the Death of Evidence-Based Medicine baumhedlundlaw.com/blog/2016/sept…
Doctors Gave Her Antipsychotics. She Decided to Live With Her Voices. @Mad_In_America nytimes.com/2022/05/17/mag…
Archived page: web.archive.org/web/2022051710…
Review of author Daniel Bergner's book The Mind and the Moon
https://twitter.com/HarperCollins/status/1523689391981400065?s=20&t=qbbTZmuqXx7p82ITCXyIRw
9) Evidence that ECT causes brain damage has been ignored, overlooked, misinterpreted. More new evidence is emerging.
Women’s experiences of electro-convulsive therapy: A qualitative study by Maede Ejaredar web.archive.org/web/2022052622…
@cureddoc @ReadReadj @ClinpsychLucy @Mad_In_America "Kleber's mum, who he remained very close to, died earlier this year from a degenerative brain disease. He believes the disease was caused by the electroconvulsive therapy."
https://twitter.com/TLEXPpodcast/status/1527887624152547333?s=20&t=dhQqDLL7OOeI-0SouDX-GA
Archived original of "Brain Damage and Memory Loss From ECT" by Peter Sterling @whatishealth21: web.archive.org/web/2017022117…
Creatine kinase is a crucial enzyme for brain energy homeostasis, and a decrease of its activity has been associated with neuronal death. [...] Results showed an inhibition of creatine kinase activity [...] after acute and chronic electroconvulsive shock. tinyurl.com/bduhfb5s
Related. Similar brain changes in epilepsy.
https://twitter.com/chrisjamesdubey/status/1547723781841362944?s=20&t=lVgakLQ_sBX-ueNxileTww
Related:
https://twitter.com/chrisjamesdubey/status/1436770003727093764?s=20&t=lVgakLQ_sBX-ueNxileTww
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