Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 01:28:31 -0600 (CST) From: Elizabeth Harrison <sybil-AT-csd.uwm.edu> Subject: Re: (Fwd) STOP FORCED ELECTROSHOCK! > The plea to the deleuze-guattari subscribers regarding forced > electroconvulsive schock therapy (ECT) is misleading and, in my > opinion dangerous for several reasons. > The authors state that the death rate in elders receiving ECT is > higher than reported. What they have left out is the cause of death, was > it ECT or another problem? The plea also stated that it may cause long > term memory loss. I have been unable to find any sources that reinforce > this notion. ECT causes short term memory loss which clears after the > course of treatments is completed. > It is true that the Clinton administration is opposed to forced human > experiments. Electroconvulsive therapy, however, is not an experiment. > It may seem quite barbaric to those who do not understand it or have > never witness its benefial results. It is not a mind rape but has > improved or restored well-being to countless numbers of severely > depressed individuals. The descriptions of people passionately resisting > therapy seem overstated since, as I have just said, it is used on > individuals who are immobilized by their depression. Finally I would > challenge the statistic validity of the conclusions of most any of the > statments in the plea. ECT an effective therapy rarely used today that > seems poorly understood by the authors of this request for lobbying. > S. > I had a problem sending the first draft of the above message and apologize if it comes through twice. ------------------
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