ECT has not been safety tested by the FDA but is still given to veterans. US Veterans who have ECT are more likely to die by suicide. Learn how you can help.
Healthcare providers perspectives dominate electroconvulsive therapy literature. This study emphasizes on the importance and validity of storytelling from the patient perspective, with a focus on the female experience.
ECT Device Safety - New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS) to the FDA, 2010
Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry to the FDA, 2009
Psych Rights to FDA on the 2016 ECT device safety reclassification.
Linda Andre on behalf of the Committee for Truth in Psychiatry to the FDA, 2016 ECT device reclassification.