Dr. John Read tweeted about "Yet another meaningless ECT study with no placebo group. And 68% memory loss called ‘acceptable’ . In teenagers!"

Sadly though this study identified that more than half the teenage ECT recipients had "subjective memory complaint (n = 189, 68.0%), headache (n = 150, 54.0%), body pain (n = 28, 10.1%), delirium (n = 95, 34.2%), and nausea (n = 31, 11.2%) as possible side effects following ECT," the study did not make any attempt to quantify "subjective memory complaints" using appropriate comprehensive structured assessments, nor were there any mention of brain injury assessments or rehabilitation interventions for the 189 kids with memory problems. Nothing was mentioned about how to help the 95 kids made delirious or the 150 kids who had a headache from ECT's iatrogenic Traumatic Brain Injury. 

If you would like to help these children and so many other humans receiving ECT without comprehensive, appropriate follow-up, please sign and share my petition. Nearly 15,000 people agree that long-term follow-up and rehabilitation for ECT recipients is necessary! Add your voice now!