Apparently mainstream psychiatry has determined that the well-
documented
brain damage caused by ECT [1], the resultant memory and cognitive
dysfunction [2], and the psychological trauma of coming to the realization
that one's ability to experience and enjoy life has been compromised on
a neurological level [3] are of no long-term consequence to depressed and
often already-traumatized patients, despite consistent patient feedback
to the contrary [4].
Rapid Response:
ECT Contraindications
Apparently mainstream psychiatry has determined that the well-
documented
brain damage caused by ECT [1], the resultant memory and cognitive
dysfunction [2], and the psychological trauma of coming to the realization
that one's ability to experience and enjoy life has been compromised on
a neurological level [3] are of no long-term consequence to depressed and
often already-traumatized patients, despite consistent patient feedback
to the contrary [4].
My only question is: Why?
[1] http://retina.anatomy.upenn.edu/pdfiles/Oct2002NYC.pdf
[2] http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v32/n1/full/1301180a.html
[3] http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/316/7138/1160
[4] http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7403/1363
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