This article explores the concept of disenfranchised grief experienced by individuals disabled by ECT, highlighting the various ways in which their grief is often invalidated as well as tips on how to cope.
A letter to the Patient Safety Comminsioner on behalf UK ECT Improving Standards Group.
If you're considering ECT, please understand both US-made ECT devices (sold internationally) are facing multiple pending lawsuits because there are many patients living with documented…
"The tenets of the Nuremberg Code were not meant only for Nazis. If Nazis presented the only danger to people being used for medical experiments, eliminating the Nazis would have solved our problems. The Nuremberg Code was written to guide all of us, because good intentions are not enough."
The America Psychiatric Association (APA) advocated against mandatory neuropsychological testing in the 2016 ECT device reclassification.
This spring, Life After ECT launched a comprehensive FDA reporting guide for injured electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) recipients. This post is a progress update and an overview of our future reporting goals.