Most of the material for this issue was gathered together by Cheryl Prax who campaigns against electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Included are pieces which discuss the bio-electrical realities, the so-said efficacy, the harmful ‘side effects’, and the social and judicial aspects of this controversial psychiatric treatment; mixed in are a number of accounts of what it is like to be subjected to shock treatment.
The reader can judge whether ECT should be permitted – as a useful ‘last resort’ – or opposed – as always a barbaric and harmful means of psychiatric coercion. But first we must announce the death of a founder of this magazine.
Contents
- Special Issue: ECT: Brain Damage as Therapy
- Put Together By Cheryl Prax (Speak Out Against Psychiatry)
- Editorial
- Alec Jenner Obituary Phil Virden
- Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Dr Peter Breggin
- Electroshock At Bellevue, Age Six Ted Chabasinski
- Leonard Roy Frank: Electroshock Survivor And Editor
- ECT & My Lost Life James Oakes
- ECT – The Last Torture In Civilised Society Sharon Racklyeft
- ECT: The Myth Of Informed Consent Evelyn Scogin
- Shock Treatment For An Eating Disorder? Julie Greene
- Electroshock Mary Maddock
- ECT … & Fighting Back Deirdre Oliver
- Why Is ECT Still In Use? Lin Bigwood
- Shock Is Personal And Criminal Don Weitz
- Extracts From Peter Breggin’s Blog In The Huffington Post
- Carrie Burns Kb
- Mayday – Doctors Who Can’t Wait
- ECT: ‘THERAPY’ By Harm Phil Virden
- ECT Survivor Dena Roland
- Risks Of ECT In Pregnancy Cheryl Prax
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