Sarah Price Hancock, Patient Safety advocate and former shock patient harmed by ECT, posts emotional response to authors Professor John Read (University of East London), Professor Irving Kirsch (Associate Director of Placebo Trails at Harvard Medical School) and Professor Laura McGrath (Open University) for their recent publication comparing all randomized controlled trials of shock treatment. They concluded ECT should be immediately suspended because it worked worse than placebo and carried significant risks of permanent injury. The study states that none of the trials met criteria for valid RTC trials making all conclusions of the original RTC's driven by the bias of those doctors determined to publish "proof ECT works" with little significant risks. Is repeatedly exposing the human brain to 250-450 volts electricity really safe? What are the long-term percussions of giving patients a repetitive head injury with electricity? Sarah speaks of her gratitude that researchers are taking a harder look at data already published, recognizing that research flaw allowed psychiatry to say ECT was "safe and effective," something most ECT recipients (who call themselves survivors), vehemently decry. Psychiatry never considers how ECT will impact the patient's brain and body for the rest of their life. #LifeAfterECT