Many harmed by electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) seek protection from forced ECT. A Psychiatric Advance Directive outlines their wishes regarding future treatment is one way to do this, however, these directives can be overridden by doctors.
Case report of woman who developed tinnitus after electroconvulsive therapy.
This study provides valuable consumer-provided insights and recommendations for psychiatrists and mental health clinicians working within ECT clinics and with consumers considering or preparing for ECT.
Betty Shafran suffered a prolonged seizure followed by a 10 day coma, and disabling injuries from ECT. This raises questions about long term consequences of electrical injury and doctors' ignorance of them.
This study aims to explore practice, use, and risk of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in pregnancy.
Attorney Barry Kade to the FDA, ECT device reclassification, 2009.