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What's new in Electroshock therapy

Discussion in 'General Open/Public Discussion' started by Om, 29 Sep 2008.


  1. Om

    Om DragonWolf

    My neighbor told me electroshock therapy is back in style. Ewwww.

    So I couldn't resist looking up a few things about it.

    http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-electroshock-therapy.htm

    "Electroshock therapy was discovered in 1938 by Italian neurologist Ugo Cerletti. Cerletti observed that pigs about to be slaughtered were electrocuted into unconsciousness in order to make the process easier. Cerletti concluded that this procedure could be applied to patients who suffered from mental illness."


    "All ECT (electric shock) does is produce brain damage. ...If you want brain damage, it's your prerogative... there's no more effective way than ECT. It's more effective than a car wreck, or getting hit with a blunt instrument."1.
    - Dr. John Friedberg, Neurologist


    http://www.sntp.net/ect/ect3.htm
    "If you are a greedy man with a rich wife who has been experiencing depression, then it might be a "solution" to your money problems to arrange to get her committed and shocked 15 or 20 times. Then it isn't much of a stretch to obtain power of attorney over her assets and "inherit" her entire fortune! This and similar things have been done before. So, there actually are some "uses" for psychiatry and ECT. But they aren't "helpful" to the victim and are usually self-serving, even if only to the financial interests of psychiatrists and shock machine manufacturers. "

    I also ready 2 out of 3 people who receive this kind of treatment are women, that it is used to control people, not to help them.
     
    Om, 29 Sep 2008
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  2. symen

    symen DragonWolf

    Having taken 25,000 volts or so from the B+ supply in a CRT before I learned how to safely discharge them (sticking your finger in a home electrical socket causes a mere tickle by comparison), I can confirm that there is nothing particularly therapeutic about electrical shocks. They mostly just hurt. :lance:
     
    symen, 30 Sep 2008
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  3. Om

    Om DragonWolf

    lol, symen. I'm glad you're still with us, and so docile now! :p~
     
    Om, 30 Sep 2008
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  4. Rax Nahali

    Rax Nahali

    I'd only use it on women too. hehe.
    That is one buggered way to "heal" someone. geebus....
     
    Rax Nahali, 30 Sep 2008
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  5. Tbeast

    Tbeast Recruitment Officer Officer Elder

    Tbeast, 30 Sep 2008
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  6. Om

    Om DragonWolf

    Good idea, Throney. You first!
     
    Om, 30 Sep 2008
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  7. Tbeast

    Tbeast Recruitment Officer Officer Elder

    Officer
    no no no....i would kill everyone getting out of there.
     
    Tbeast, 30 Sep 2008
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  8. Brokentusk

    Brokentusk DragonWolf

    I saw something about this months ago. Seems the new version is MUCH lower voltage though. I mean to a layman it didn't sound anything like the 'old days'.

    You really want to get incensed? Look up the history of frontal lobotomies.
     
    Brokentusk, 1 Oct 2008
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  9. Om

    Om DragonWolf

    frontal lobotomies are same thing, different flavor.
     
    Om, 2 Oct 2008
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