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ECT & brain damage: what it looks like and how to get help - Guest

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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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