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The long-term consequences of a depression treatment regaining favor & popularity – Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

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This is a presentation by Sarah Price Hancock for the Stop Depression Summit, 2023. ⁠⁠https://stopdepressionsummit.com/⁠⁠ 

About Sarah

Sarah lived for nearly two decades, misdiagnosed with severe “treatment resistant” mental illness. She was given⁠⁠ ⁠116 bilateral ECT treatments⁠⁠⁠ and now lives with Delayed Electrical Injury’s Myoneural Disorder.

Sarah holds a Master’s in Rehabilitation Counseling and taught for four years in San Diego State University’s Rehabilitation Counseling program. She also hosts The Emotional Self-Reliance Podcast and guest lectures on psychiatric recovery.

She founded a newly formed nonprofit, The ⁠⁠⁠Ionic Injury Foundation⁠⁠⁠, with a focus on electrical injury research. You can donate to her fundraiser here.

Learn how you can participate in⁠⁠ ⁠electrical injury research⁠⁠⁠.

Learn about⁠⁠ ⁠Sarah’s campaign⁠⁠⁠ to ensure those harmed by ECT get the help they need and future ECT patients are protected through standardization and regulation.

Sarah P. Hancock

Sarah Price Hancock, MS, CRC, lived for nearly two decades misdiagnosed with severe "treatment resistant" mental illness. She was given 116 bilateral ECT treatments and now lives with Delayed Electrical Injury's Myoneuroal Disorder. Sarah holds a Master’s in Rehabilitation Counseling and taught for four years in San Diego State University’s Rehabilitation Counseling program. She is the Co-Founder and Trustee of the Ionic Injury Foundation. She also hosts The Emotional Self-Reliance Podcast and guest lectures on psychiatric recovery.