ECT and brain injury:

what does electroconvulsive therapy-induced brain damage look like and how can patients get testing and rehab?

Continuing this special series, Deborah, former level 1 trauma nurse and electroshock survivor, explains

• ECT injury symptoms & consequences of those injuries as far as we understand
• Barriers keeping patients from getting appropriate testing and rehabilitative following ECT
• What tests to request How sharing your experience can help yourself and other patients

PETITIONS

Sarah's petition - Petition · Standardize, Regulate & Audit Shock Treatments (Electroconvulsive therapy or ECT) · Change.org

Sarah’s Latest Article Open Letter to the FDA's Denial of ECT's Harms - 2021 - Life After ECT

Sue's Petition - closed

Medical Errors Podcast interview - ECT & Brain Damage - A Physician's Experience - Life After ECT

Maudsley Debate

RESOURCES

Electroconvulsive trauma episode

Aftercare following electroshock

Obtaining medical records

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