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Life After ECT

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Life After ECT

Are you trying to ban ECT? 

No, our goal is to improve patient safety through 

  • Full informed consent
  • Device safety testing required by the FDA
  • Standardization & regulation
  • Proper after-care for patients
  • Recognition and treatment for those injured 
  • Litigation 

Veiw full list of aims 

ECT saved my life!

We’re so glad you were helped! Please help others enjoy the same success by signing our petition. 

ECT

Does electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) cause brain damage?

Device manufacturer Somatics LLC, state the following in a regulatory update:

 

 Other Resources on ECT Brain Damage 

  • Microstructural damage caused by electroconvulsive therapy 
  • Understanding Electrical Injury 
  • Memory and cognitive effects of ECT: informing and assessing patients† | Advances in Psychiatric Treatment | Cambridge Core
  • Cognitive rehabilitation: assessment and treatment of persistent memory impairments following ECT | Advances in Psychiatric Treatment | Cambridge Core
  • More studies 
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