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Standardize, Regulate & Audit Shock Treatments (Electroconvulsive therapy or ECT)
Journal of Medical Ethics Publishes Survey Results regarding ECT's Informed ConsentA team of researchers, including three recipients of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and three clinical psychologists, have conduc…
August 14, 2025
Standardize, Regulate & Audit Shock Treatments (Electroconvulsive therapy or ECT)
Majority of ECT patients & families feel treatment worsened their Quality of LifeInternational survey on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) finds that most patients and relatives report that it either makes no diff…
August 12, 2025
Standardize, Regulate & Audit Shock Treatments (Electroconvulsive therapy or ECT)
The Lancet Psychiatry publishes WHO/UN response urging cautious ECT useThe World Health Organization and United Nations' Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights responded to an article publishe…
June 26, 2025

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I was on t4 synthetic medication for 10 Years and it never alleviated my hypothyroidism. Had a totally thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer. Felt awful on t4 only. Thankfully I found an educated doctor who saw I was not converting t4 to t3 and added T3 to my treatment. This gave me my life back!
Patricia supported: Endocrinologists: Patients with Thyroid Dysfunction Demand Better Care
ECT causes severe memory loss that doctors treat as "helpful." This is the *gold standard" treatment that permanently hurt me. My complaints were dismissed.
Maria supported: Standardize, Regulate & Audit Shock Treatments (Electroconvulsive therapy or ECT)
ECT left me with short-term memory loss and reduced intelligence which has rendered me unable to work. I had to leave a job I loved because of the cognitive effects of ECT. ECT has ruined my life. I now require speech therapy because I find it difficult to hold words long enough in my head to be able to speak them. I do not want this to happen to anyone else. Doctors never made it clear that permanent brain damage is possibility with ECT.
Evelynne supported: Standardize, Regulate & Audit Shock Treatments (Electroconvulsive therapy or ECT)
I have a homeless person in my neighborhood that was a former prom king before his diagnosis of schizophrenia left his future in ruins. He now either spends his time wandering listlessly around the neighborhood or in jail. A permanent and appropriate shelter where he can exist without being a danger to himself and others would be mutually beneficial to all parties involved.
Cooper supported: Provide Permanent Housing For Homeless People and their Families

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