Debate over ECT
The Debate Over ECT
Some things doctors never tell their patients, the following is a great example. Would you guess that a form of torture in many countries is used as “therapy” here in the United States? That’s right, “[Electroconvulsive shock treatment] was used on nearly all political prisoners held in Brazil in the 1970s” (Chavin 1). Brazil is not alone in this form of medical torture. South Africa, Libya, Iran and Morocco have all …
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…In conclusion electroconvulsive shock therapy has a background that screams dangerous. The most surprising piece presented here is that a brain cannot be normal after receiving ECT treatment. One session can mean permanent brain damage forever. The death rate being found to be almost 1 in 200 makes it one of the highest death rates by a psychiatric treatment in the world (Cauchon 1). With all the medical options available to us now, why would anyone choose ECT?
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