Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) – A New Vision for Mental Health

Professor John Read: Fear and Loathing in the ECT Debate

Author: Editorial 15th June 2022 0 Comments

This article by Prof. John Read has been published by the Council for Evidence-Based Psychiatry (CEP). It begins: “The Lack of Evidence for ECT To the surprise of many people, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is still being administered to approximately a million…
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4 activists talk about the campaign for an independent review on ECT

Author: Editorial 7th October 2021 0 Comments

This 36 minute video about ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy) comes from the AD4E ( ADisorder4Everyone ) Festival 2021. It features Dr. Lucy Johnstone, Prof. John Read, Dr. Chris Harrop, Sarah Price Hancock, and Dr. Sue Cunliffe. You can watch it below:

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My summary of the dire state of ECT regulation (or lack of) …

Author: Editorial 2nd August 2021 0 Comments

This tweet is from Dr. Lucy Johnstone, who writes: “My summary of the dire state of ECT [Electroconvulsive Therapy] regulation (or lack of) on BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester. No one will accept responsibility, and we have yet to find a…
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ECT is a classic failure of evidence-based medicine

Author: Editorial 7th May 2021 0 Comments

This Council for Evidence-Based Psychiatry has hosted a guest-blog by Prof. Richard Bentall, who writes: “In a discipline to which controversy is no stranger, there are few controversies guaranteed to generate as much heat as that surrounding the benefits and costs…
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Interview with Prof. John Read about the campaign for an independent review of ECT

Author: Editorial 30th September 2020 0 Comments

This video-interview with Prof. John Read was conducted by Dr. Lucy Johnstone as part of the A Disorder For Everyone online festival, held September 18, 2020. It includes a discussion of ECT compared to the placebo effect, the risks of brain…
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ECT depression therapy should be suspended, study suggests

Author: Editorial 12th June 2020 0 Comments

“The use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to treat depression should be immediately suspended, a study says” Mark Easton reports for the BBC: “ECT involves passing electric currents through a patient’s brain to cause seizures or fits. Dr John Read, of the…
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