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Judge Rotenberg Center uses electric shock treatment on Asperger "students" by Bev Patient Expert

Posted Mon 10 Nov 2008 4:52pm

2 Comments video by Christschool "Students with Asperger syndrome are prone to violent and disruptive behaviors", according to Dr. Robert Worsham of the Judge Rotenberg Center, a residential "school" in Canton, MA. Some examples given in the video: rude comments, ignoring instructors, even (gasp) hand flapping. Crime: Rude comments and ... Read on »

After My Electric Shock Therapy and a History of ECT Treatment by alanb Patient Expert

Posted Fri 21 Nov 2008 2:01pm Read on »

Shock Treatment-ECT saved my life. by alanb Patient Expert

Posted Fri 26 Sep 2008 5:16pm I ended like this. Not a pretty sight-even for me. Shock Treatment, ECT, Electroconvulsive Therapy. Call it what you like but it still reminds many members of the public of legalised torture. In one of my previous postings I dealt with my recovery from life threatening depression. ECT saved my life. However around the world there are many Read on »

Recovery from Alcoholism and Depression-My Story-Part 3.Time for the Shock Treatment (ECT). by alanb Patient Expert

Posted Fri 26 Sep 2008 5:16pm of E.C.T. ( Electric Convulsive Therapy ), commonly known as Shock Treatment. It was almost a perfect summers day in Margate but my time of reckoning was here. It would soon... was feeling. A journey to a mental institution and Shock Treatment awaited me today. No amount of pills could get me away from that fact. I raised my head to see Mary standing in front Read on »

China bans electro-shock Treatments at Mental Hospital for treating Internet addicts by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Fri 17 Jul 2009 11:08pm electro-shock for treating Internet addicts, far too late to help McMurphy Technorati Tags: China, hospital, shock treatment, drugs, internet addiction, healthcare ... to Reuters, the Chinese Ministry of Health has banned electro-shock therapy for the treatment of Internet Addiction after it came to light that a doctor named Yang Yongxin (also known Read on »

John Breeding, PhD: Electroconvulsive Therapy by Duane Sherry, M.S. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 21 May 2009 10:10pm Dr. John Breeding describes Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT): “When you induce a grand mal convulsion by sending 100-plus volts of electricity in the brain, you’re going to create damage,” says Dr. John Breeding, an Austin, Texas-based psychologist and self-described ECT abolitionist. “This is most easily seen with memory loss that many patients Read on »

And Now for the Electric Shock Therapy by Joan .. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 18 Feb 2009 11:47am Just when I thought theleg painwas intense, my body showed me that the leg pain is nothin'! TheL'HermittesSign hit me with a vengance. L'Hermittes is that electric shock, that lightning bolt of pain that runs through my body when I move my head, especially when I look down. It's probably caused by lesions in the spinal cord. ... Read on »

Considering Post-Holiday-Electric-Shock-Therapy. AND let's discuss my peroid. Nothing's sacred. by rebuildingamy Patient Expert

Posted Mon 29 Dec 2008 7:30pm Don't worry your pretty little heads over this... I'm getting there. I promise. But in the meantime, if you live within 50 miles of me and know who I am- QUIT BRINGING CHRISTMAS GOODIES TO MY WORK, MY HOME, OR ANYWHERE NEAR ME. YOU MAY BE AT RISK OF LOSING A DIGIT, OR WORSE. Dang, people. We're trying to lose weight around here! If I had any ... Read on »

Article On Forced ECT Electro Convulsive Therapy by Untreatable .. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 21 May 2009 10:09pm medication and electroconvulsive therapy." Judge Warner agreed. She gave the go-ahead for three ECTs a week for up to four weeks, followed by one treatment per week for one year..., put me in ambulance, and bring me in to get shock treatments," he says. "I don't fight it, because there's nothing I can do by that time. You want to know how I feel? I don't Read on »

ECT Shock Therapy A Personal Account by Untreatable .. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 26 Oct 2009 11:00pm the heck are you talking about? ECT is Electro Convulsive Therapy or shock treatments and when he said this all I pictured was the scene from "One flew over the Cuckoo's nest" so I... to be breathing. I didn't ask any more questions about ECT after that. ECT or Electro Convulsive Therapy is a last resort treatment as the odds are not great that it will work Read on »