by CCHR Florida | Sep 15, 2020 | ECT, Legislation
According to a post published in Psychology Today by John Read, Ph.D., a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of East London, “forty experts (including researchers, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals” have written the Minister for Health...
by CCHR Florida | Jul 14, 2020 | ECT
In the wake of a recent study published in the journal Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry calling for the use of electroshock treatment (ECT) to be suspended immediately due to the risk of side effects such as brain damage, the Florida chapter of the mental...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 18, 2020 | ECT
In light of the fact that the FDA admits electroshock (ECT) can cause brain damage and death the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is calling for a ban on the device being used in Florida. [1] According to federal records, over 20,000 Americans received...
by CCHR Florida | Jul 2, 2019 | ECT, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders
Psychiatrists’ misleading claims could deny consumers evidence of ECT’s real damage, inducing suicide By Jan Eastgate President, CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog July 2, 2019 In a requested statement provided to The Wall Street...
by CCHR Florida | Aug 28, 2013 | ECT, Mental Illness, Rights
ECT (Electroconvulsive therapy) was recently promoted as a benign psychiatric treatment making a great comeback according to an article in USA Today that was repeated in many newspapers throughout Florida. Today electroconvulsive therapy is done with patients hooked...