End Electric Shock Treatment Now!
- by: Sue Whitney
- recipient: 10,000
Electric Shock Treatment or ECT is on the rise in the US and all over the world. This barbaric torture is becoming more and more popular among Psychiatric methods and it is legal but a serious violation of Human Rights.
The courts are now forcing PEOPLE to receive voltage pumped through their brains. Some as young as 2yrs old and as old as 102yrs have been given permanent brain damage and memory loss.
It is becoming more common for women and the elderly to receive these treatments. The elderly suffer more because of their fragility and age sometimes causing death.
People beg for the treatments to stop but are forced to undergo as many as 100 treatments of the 70 to 400 volts and 200 to 1600 milliamperes per session which is the same as what is in your wall at home. It is a horrific and traumatic experience for the victim and most are in terrible fear of their next treatment.
If a psychiatrist or mental health "professional" tells you that ECT is safe, ask him or her to let you watch as they themselves receive a "treatment". Their negative response should set your mind straight on the subject. If they do consent, then I suggest getting away from them as quickly as possible - they truly must be crazy as a loon to accept your proposal!
It didn't take long after ECT was invented in 1938 for autopsy studies revealing ECT-caused brain damage to begin appearing in medical journals. This brain damage includes cerebral hemorrhages (abnormal bleeding), edema (excessive accumulation of fluid), cortical atrophy (shrinkage of the cerebral cortex, or outer layers of the brain), dilated perivascular spaces in the brain, fibrosis (thickening and scarring), gliosis (growth of abnormal tissue), and rarefied and partially destroyed brain tissue. (See Peter R. Breggin, M.D., Electroshock: It's Brain Disabling Effects for references.) Commenting on the extent of physical brain damage caused by electroconvulsive "therapy", Karl Pribram, Ph.D., head of Stanford University's Neuropsychology Laboratory, once said: "I'd rather have a small lobotomy than a series of electroconvulsive shock. ... I just know what the brain looks like after a series of shocks, and it's not very pleasant to look at" (APA Monitor, Sept.-Oct. 1974, pp. 9-10). Dr. Sidney Sament, a neurologist, describes ECT this way: "Electroconvulsive therapy in effect may be defined as a controlled type of brain damage produced by electrical means. No doubt some psychiatric symptoms are eliminated ... but this is at the expense of brain damage" (Clinical Psychiatry News, March 1983, p. 4).
ECT advocates sometimes claim the addition of anesthesia, a muscle paralyzing drug, and oxygenation (making the "patient" breath air or 100% oxygen) prevent ECT-caused brain damage. But neither anesthesia nor muscle paralyzing drugs nor breathing oxygen stop what the electricity does to the brain. Autopsy study, EEGs, and observation of those who have received ECT indicate those given ECT with anesthesia, a muscle paralyzing drug, and forced breathing of air or oxygen experience the same brain damage, memory loss, and intellectual impairment as those given ECT without these modifications.
The courts are now forcing PEOPLE to receive voltage pumped through their brains. Some as young as 2yrs old and as old as 102yrs have been given permanent brain damage and memory loss.
It is becoming more common for women and the elderly to receive these treatments. The elderly suffer more because of their fragility and age sometimes causing death.
People beg for the treatments to stop but are forced to undergo as many as 100 treatments of the 70 to 400 volts and 200 to 1600 milliamperes per session which is the same as what is in your wall at home. It is a horrific and traumatic experience for the victim and most are in terrible fear of their next treatment.
If a psychiatrist or mental health "professional" tells you that ECT is safe, ask him or her to let you watch as they themselves receive a "treatment". Their negative response should set your mind straight on the subject. If they do consent, then I suggest getting away from them as quickly as possible - they truly must be crazy as a loon to accept your proposal!
It didn't take long after ECT was invented in 1938 for autopsy studies revealing ECT-caused brain damage to begin appearing in medical journals. This brain damage includes cerebral hemorrhages (abnormal bleeding), edema (excessive accumulation of fluid), cortical atrophy (shrinkage of the cerebral cortex, or outer layers of the brain), dilated perivascular spaces in the brain, fibrosis (thickening and scarring), gliosis (growth of abnormal tissue), and rarefied and partially destroyed brain tissue. (See Peter R. Breggin, M.D., Electroshock: It's Brain Disabling Effects for references.) Commenting on the extent of physical brain damage caused by electroconvulsive "therapy", Karl Pribram, Ph.D., head of Stanford University's Neuropsychology Laboratory, once said: "I'd rather have a small lobotomy than a series of electroconvulsive shock. ... I just know what the brain looks like after a series of shocks, and it's not very pleasant to look at" (APA Monitor, Sept.-Oct. 1974, pp. 9-10). Dr. Sidney Sament, a neurologist, describes ECT this way: "Electroconvulsive therapy in effect may be defined as a controlled type of brain damage produced by electrical means. No doubt some psychiatric symptoms are eliminated ... but this is at the expense of brain damage" (Clinical Psychiatry News, March 1983, p. 4).
ECT advocates sometimes claim the addition of anesthesia, a muscle paralyzing drug, and oxygenation (making the "patient" breath air or 100% oxygen) prevent ECT-caused brain damage. But neither anesthesia nor muscle paralyzing drugs nor breathing oxygen stop what the electricity does to the brain. Autopsy study, EEGs, and observation of those who have received ECT indicate those given ECT with anesthesia, a muscle paralyzing drug, and forced breathing of air or oxygen experience the same brain damage, memory loss, and intellectual impairment as those given ECT without these modifications.
We the undersigned believe in human and civil rights we believe that each man woman and child has the right to a life free from torture.
Every day thousands of people across America are receiving brain damaging torture through the accepted and legal use of Electric Shock Treatments. Many are being forced to undergo as many as 100 or more treatments by the court system.
These horrific experiences are traumatic and always leaves the victim brain damaged and memory loss.
Many of the elderly are targeted to handle them in homes. Some die because of it. Children as young as 2yrs old and adults as old as 102yrs have received ECT.
Thank you for reading this petition and helping put an end to a terrible crime on humanity.
Sign PetitionSign PetitionEvery day thousands of people across America are receiving brain damaging torture through the accepted and legal use of Electric Shock Treatments. Many are being forced to undergo as many as 100 or more treatments by the court system.
These horrific experiences are traumatic and always leaves the victim brain damaged and memory loss.
Many of the elderly are targeted to handle them in homes. Some die because of it. Children as young as 2yrs old and adults as old as 102yrs have received ECT.
Thank you for reading this petition and helping put an end to a terrible crime on humanity.
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