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