Hear what ECT Survivors Have to Say!

ECT QUICK FACTS

• The ECT death rate is 50 times higher than the US murder rate.
• Infant mortality rate was 7.1% following the administration of ECT to pregnant mothers.
• ECT sends up to 460 volts of electricity through the brain in order to induce a grand mal seizure.
• With an estimated 100,000 Americans a year given ECT, for a total of about $260 worth of electricity, psychiatrists have created a $5.4 billion shock empire.
• The human brain operates on 0.2 volts, nearly eight times less than the power of a watch battery—1.5 volts—compared to up to 460 volts put through the brain in a single shock treatment, 2,300 times the electricity that the brain uses to function.
• Side effects of ECT include amnesia (substantial and permanent memory loss), confusion, disorientation, apathy, disinterest, headaches, nausea, slowed reaction time, lowered intellectual function and death.
• Children between the ages of 0–5 are being shocked under the guise of “treatment.”
• ECT can cause a 20- to 40-point drop in IQ.
• The FDA has never required clinical studies that prove electroshock is either safe or effective, despite being used for more than 80 years.