Psychiatrists detain, chemically restrain and cause damage to the brain and it's done with impunity. Their pseudo-scientific rhetoric never addresses #ECT damage or #prescribedharm. Any challenge is met with a dismissive attitude, similar to that used on patients. #mentalhealth
It was wet outside of the Maudsley Hospital today, but that didn't matter. We were there again, exposing the brain damage inflicted by psychiatrists who use #ECT. We keep on beating the drum and eventually the hammer will fall on this psychiatric inhumanity. #mentalhealth
Dr. Thomas Szasz, Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus at the State University of New York, Adjunct Scholar at the Cato Institute, Distinguished Lifetime Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association— https://t.co/3SMlbsOcC7
A vital piece of data is missing. It's this: Melanie Leahy has been leading the campaign for a statutory inquiry into #mentalhealth failings in Essex. Respect goes out to @MelanieLeahy and the bereaved families who continue to fight for truth and justice.
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Psychiatrists are in no position to claim #ECT is safe or effective. Their knowledge of its basics is sorely lacking. They typically don't understand the laws of electricity. They are operators who set knobs & push buttons without understanding the ramifications of what they do.
'Modern' #ECT is just as bad as the old style where patients writhed and convulsed. While anaesthetics and paralysing drugs sanitise the torture so it doesn't look so barbaric, brain damage is still being inflicted as far more electricity is being applied to induce a seizure.
LOCK DOWN ( Security Officer ) WITHOUT . the obvious keys to doors & freedom . EVENT . 6-04 AM . Saturday 14 Th May 2016 ( TAYLOR WARD = psychiatric prison gulag ) NHS Tameside Hospital Site . CLICK .
Unlike #psychiatric 'treatments', the love, care and attention of one person for another doesn’t have dangerous side effects. These human qualities aren't life-threatening. Instead they have positive life-enhancing effects. Psychiatrists would do well to use them. #mentalhealth
"The very things most likely to bring good mental health outcomes – enduring & facilitating relationships that increase understanding, hope and expectation for recovery – are often the very things lacking in the services charged with our mental health care." #Sedated
I haven't watched the BBC Panorama expose of ADHD clinics yet but I'm guessing they never delved deep into ADHD Questionnaires.
Below is an example of an ADHD Questionnaire. Pay heed to the bottom of paper 2.
The human brain controls the body with more than 5 trillion signals every second. It does this with nearly 8 times less than the power of a watch battery. But one #ECT session means the brain is assaulted with 2300 times more electricity than it needs to function. #mentalhealth
Outside of the Maudsley Hospital again yesterday, one of the sites in the UK where #ECT takes place. We commonly hear, "I didn't think they do that [ECT] any more." Yes, psychiatrists still do it, while also inflicting brain damage. That's why we continue to expose this assault.