David Russell Update : Forced ECT Hearing Nov. 25th
David Russel is once again facing forced electroshock treatment. The is an update on his situation and how you can help.
David Russel is once again facing forced electroshock treatment. The is an update on his situation and how you can help.
David Russell is an involuntarily committed patient at the Mayo Clinic, who has been subjected to forced electroshock therapy (ECT) against his will. The following is an email written on his behalf.
Despite laws prohibiting it, the Central Institute of Psychiatry in India continues to give electroconvulsive therapy without anesthesia, raising ethical concerns about patient rights.
Despite claims that modern ECT is different from the portrayal in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," forced unmodified ECT is still happening globally.
Medical researchers who do experiments on humans sometimes break the law, but they don't usually get in trouble for it. Other people who physically harm or trick others are usually punished by being convicted of assault, fraud, or homicide. But researchers seem to be able to get away with their crimes.
A post dedicated to Lake Alice survivors; a psychiactric institution where children were given ECT as a form of abuse.