ECT – A New Vision for Mental Health

Professor John Read: Fear and Loathing in the ECT Debate

Author: Editorial 15th June 2022 0 Comments

This article by Prof. John Read has been published by the Council for Evidence-Based Psychiatry (CEP). It begins: “The Lack of Evidence for ECT To the surprise of many people, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is still being administered to approximately a million…
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Depression: why drugs and electricity are not the answer

Author: Editorial 3rd March 2022 0 Comments

This article from Prof. John Read (clinical psychologist) and Dr. Joanna Moncrieff (psychiatrist) has been published in Psychological Medicine. The abstract says: “The dominant view within mental health services and research suggests that feeling depressed is a kind of medical illness,…
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depression, ECT, Joanna Moncrieff, John Read, psychiatry, Psychological Medicine

Ruth E Dixon – Crazier Than Me

Author: Editorial 8th November 2021 0 Comments

Ruth E. Dixon performs Crazier Than Me at the A Disorder For Everyone festival, held September 18, 2020.

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4 activists talk about the campaign for an independent review on ECT

Author: Editorial 7th October 2021 0 Comments

This 36 minute video about ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy) comes from the AD4E ( ADisorder4Everyone ) Festival 2021. It features Dr. Lucy Johnstone, Prof. John Read, Dr. Chris Harrop, Sarah Price Hancock, and Dr. Sue Cunliffe. You can watch it below:

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My summary of the dire state of ECT regulation (or lack of) …

Author: Editorial 2nd August 2021 0 Comments

This tweet is from Dr. Lucy Johnstone, who writes: “My summary of the dire state of ECT [Electroconvulsive Therapy] regulation (or lack of) on BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester. No one will accept responsibility, and we have yet to find a…
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Interview with Prof. John Read about the campaign for an independent review of ECT

Author: Editorial 30th September 2020 0 Comments

This video-interview with Prof. John Read was conducted by Dr. Lucy Johnstone as part of the A Disorder For Everyone online festival, held September 18, 2020. It includes a discussion of ECT compared to the placebo effect, the risks of brain…
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cognitive impairment, ECT, Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), John Read, Lucy Johnstone, memory loss, patient consent to treatment, placebo effect, videos

The Happy Pill

Author: Editorial 13th August 2018 0 Comments

The makers of this documentary film say: “Silje Marie Strandberg was seriously mentally ill. She had a heavy schizoaffective and dissociative disorder diagnose. She heard voices, hallucinated, cut herself, had an eating disorder and repeatedly tried to kill herself. She was so…
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Mad to Be Normal

Author: Editorial 23rd October 2017 1 Comment

The Guardian newspaper says: “David Tennant gives a brilliant performance as RD Laing, the radical psychiatrist who rewrote the rules on mental health treatment.” The review continues: “David Tennant is on pugnacious, mercurial and beady-eyed form in this very interesting…
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ECT, films, Psychiatric Drugs, psychiatry, RD Laing