If you are considering electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for your self or a loved one, please read this letter to the Journal of ECT VERY carefully! Device manufacturer…
ECT has not been safety tested by the FDA but is still given to veterans. US Veterans who have ECT are more likely to die by suicide. Learn how you can help.
Marissa, a student in San Diego State University's Rehabilitation Counseling Master's program who chose to specialize in the Cognitive Certificate, interviewed me as part of her class project about barriers to accessing help after brain injury.
This guest audio is from the Emotional Self Reliance Podcast, Sarah Hancock and her friend, Greg Threadgold have both had electroconvulsive therapy with remarkably different outcomes. In this episode they compare their different ECT experiences and discuss the need for better regulation of this procedure to ensure good outcomes for all patients.
This video demonstrates how to assess motor dysfunction in people with a history of repeated low-voltage electrical injury using the Box and Block test, a typical occupational therapy assessment with normative values against which to compare results.
4 patient safety activists discuss their efforts for an independent review of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) use in the UK.