175 Emails an ECT Researcher Threw Away- Part 1 — The Invitation - LIFE AFTER ECT In this episode we open with Linda Andre's letter to the FDA, followed by emails sent to Dr. Sackheim requesting help for the lasting damage ECT caused them.

In this episode we open the series with Linda Andre's 2010 letter to the FDA, followed by some of the emails sent to Dr. Sackheim by patients requesting help for the lasting damage ECT caused them. lifeafterect.org/175-emails-a... #LifeAfterECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy

ECT Medical Records: What to Request and Why It Matters - LIFE AFTER ECT This post covers why electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) medical records matter, what's at stake if you don't have them, and how to get them.

Learn why securing you ECT medical records matter, the benefits of having them, and how to get them. #LifeAfterECT #AuditECT #Electroconvulsivetherapy
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Electroconvulsive therapy for depression treatment #electroconvulsivetherapy #depression #psychology ... Continue to: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak21...

📣 ECT clinicians: Join us online Feb 18-20 or May 6-8 for our #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy (#ECT) course! This virtual training was adapted from our former on-site ECT course, which trained >1,000 psychiatrists & nurses. Learn more/register: https://ow.ly/e2u850TJIPy
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📣 ECT clinicians: Join us online Feb 18-20 or May 6-8 for our #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy (#ECT) course! This virtual training was adapted from our former on-site ECT course, which trained >1,000 psychiatrists & nurses. Learn more/register: https://ow.ly/e2u850TJIPy
Duke University School of Medicine

📣 ECT clinicians: Join us online Feb 18-20 or May 6-8 for our #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy (#ECT) course! This virtual training was adapted from our former on-site ECT course, which trained >1,000 psychiatrists & nurses. Learn more/register: https://ow.ly/e2u850TJIPy
Duke University School of Medicine

Electroconvulsive therapy may have more adverse effects than thought Study calls for depression treatment to be suspended for more research after reports of heart problems and emotional blunting Electroconvulsive therapy could be causing a wider range of adverse effects...

Electroconvulsive therapy may have more adverse effects than thought #Science #HealthandMedicine #MentalHealth #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #AdverseEffects

Local author shares ECT journey to break stigma around mental illness and shock therapy A local author is sharing her journey with electro-convulsive therapy, or ECT.Lisa A. Conway hopes to break the stigma surrounding mental illness and raise awar

Author Lisa A. Conway received 100+ ECT treatments for depression. She reports the therapy erased memories and impacted her cognitive abilities. Now she's raising awareness about shock therapy's risks #LifeAfterECT #Electroconvulsivetherapy #ECT
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Reading emails from ECT patients who reached out to government researcher Harold Sackeim after his public offer to help with memory issues. Linda Andre reports he later discarded 175 of these pleas. #AuditECT #LifeAfterECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy
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ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent
By Chris Harrop

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#ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #PsychiatryDebate #MentalHealthResearch #PsychiatryReform #MedicalEthics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #HealthcareTransparency #DoNoHarm

ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent
By Chris Harrop

madintheuk.com/2025/08/ect-...

#ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #PsychiatryDebate #MentalHealthResearch #PsychiatryReform #MedicalEthics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #HealthcareTransparency #DoNoHarm

ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent
By Chris Harrop

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#ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #PsychiatryDebate #MentalHealthResearch #PsychiatryReform #MedicalEthics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #HealthcareTransparency #DoNoHarm

ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent
By Chris Harrop

madintheuk.com/2025/08/ect-...

#ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #PsychiatryDebate #MentalHealthResearch #PsychiatryReform #MedicalEthics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #HealthcareTransparency #DoNoHarm

ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent
By Chris Harrop

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#ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #PsychiatryDebate #MentalHealthResearch #PsychiatryReform #MedicalEthics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #HealthcareTransparency #DoNoHarm

ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent
By Chris Harrop

madintheuk.com/2025/08/ect-...

#ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #PsychiatryDebate #MentalHealthResearch #PsychiatryReform #MedicalEthics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #HealthcareTransparency #DoNoHarm

ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent
By Chris Harrop

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#ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #PsychiatryDebate #MentalHealthResearch #PsychiatryReform #MedicalEthics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #HealthcareTransparency #DoNoHarm

A Survey of 1144 ECT Recipients, Family Members and Friends: Does ECT Work? - Life After ECT A global survey of ECT patients and their families found limited benefits, worsened quality of life, and highlights serious risks needing updated studies.

A large global survey of ECT patients and their families found most saw little or no benefit, many experienced worsened mood or quality of life, highlighting serious risks and the need for updated studies. lifeafterect.org/a-survey-of-... #AuditECT #LifeAfterECT #Electroconvulsivetherapy

ECT Survey Results Raise Questions About Safety, Efficacy, and Consent - Life After ECT The largest survey of ECT patients and families raises questions about safety, outcomes, and informed consent.

The largest survey of ECT patients and families raises questions about safety, outcomes, and informed consent.

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#LifeAfterECT #AuditECT #Electroconvulsivetherapy

ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent
By Chris Harrop

madintheuk.com/2025/08/ect-...

#ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #PsychiatryDebate #MentalHealthResearch #PsychiatryReform #MedicalEthics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #HealthcareTransparency #DoNoHarm

ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent
By Chris Harrop

madintheuk.com/2025/08/ect-...

#ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #PsychiatryDebate #MentalHealthResearch #PsychiatryReform #MedicalEthics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #HealthcareTransparency #DoNoHarm

Predicting the need for electroconvulsive therapy via machine learning trained on electronic health record data
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Woman loses her passion for art after ECT youtube.com/shorts/1A-7e... #LifeAfterECT #AuditECT #Electroconvulsivetherapy

Electroconvulsive therapy generates a postictal wave of spreading depolarization in mice and humans - Nature Communications The underlying mechanism of electroconvulsive therapy remains not fully understood. Here, the authors use optical neuroimaging in mice and humans to show that electroconvulsive therapy elicits a secon...

Cortical spreading depolarization (CSD) discovered as second brain event following controlled seizure induction during #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy (ECT) for #TreatmentResistantDepression doi.org/10.1038/s414... #MentalHealth #TranslationalScience

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🧠 ECT and the Brain: What Really Happens?

one thing is certain:

💬 Patients report major improvements in quality of life.

No brain damage. No stigma. Just science.

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Which condition responds BEST to ECT?
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Duke Psychiatry logo. Electroconvulsive Therapy Practical Virtual Course. Learn about: Patient selection; Pre-ECT evaluation & informed consent; ECT stimulus parameters & electrode placement; Use of EEG monitoring; Anesthetic aspects of treatment; And more! Quote: The Duke ECT course exceeded my expectations with a thoughtful, comprehensive curriculum and lecturers who were generous with their expertise and time. — Past course participant

📣 #ECT clinicians: Join us online May 7-9 for our #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy (#ECT) course! This virtual training was adapted from our former on-site ECT course, which trained >1,000 psychiatrists and nurses. Learn more/register: ow.ly/e2u850TJIPy

Duke Psychiatry logo. Electroconvulsive Therapy Practical Virtual Course. Learn about: Patient selection; Pre-ECT evaluation & informed consent; ECT stimulus parameters & electrode placement; Use of EEG monitoring; Anesthetic aspects of treatment; And more! Quote: The Duke ECT course exceeded my expectations with a thoughtful, comprehensive curriculum and lecturers who were generous with their expertise and time. — Past course participant

📣 #ECT clinicians: Join us online May 7-9 for our #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy (#ECT) course! This virtual training was adapted from our former on-site ECT course, which trained >1,000 psychiatrists and nurses. Learn more/register: ow.ly/e2u850TJIPy