tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284422076801349963.post2558986763193337451..comments2023-12-07T12:24:37.926+02:00Comments on Curious Tendency: Misconceptions in Psychology and Psychiatry: Electro-convulsive therapy is inhumaneAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236191571382668663noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284422076801349963.post-88854042331759722562011-12-12T14:35:09.593+02:002011-12-12T14:35:09.593+02:00nice videosnice videosSeo Pakistanhttp://www.getdollar.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284422076801349963.post-29592026849665465772011-06-25T13:14:50.209+03:002011-06-25T13:14:50.209+03:00I'm really sorry for what happened to you but ...I'm really sorry for what happened to you but anecdotal evidence simply doesn't work for me. Every medical procedure has its risks, even aspirin can be fatal in rare cases when stomach bleeding occurs. Also, anti psychotic medication can also have some pretty bad side effects such as tardive dyskinesia, seizures, dystonias,or parkinsonism. So, my dear when it comes to certain treatments, there will always be somebody who falls into those few percents of bad side effects. I quote statistics because I believe that talking from experience gives absolutely no value to my arguments as one case should not be generalized to all the population.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18236191571382668663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284422076801349963.post-48461769354987317542011-06-25T06:26:36.493+03:002011-06-25T06:26:36.493+03:00I have to agree with the first comment... 'BS!...I have to agree with the first comment... 'BS! It's just a more humane looking form of brain damage since ice pick lobotomies aren't allowed.'<br />As a professional, you can quote any and all statistics you want. But unless you have had the procedure yourself, as I have, then shut it.<br />My 'post ECT confusion' as my pyschologist has called has ALL of the frontal lobe syndrome, specifically orbitofrontal syndrome. <br />I was a highly educated (with two college degrees), highly successful young woman. I made my living writing technical reports for the government. And following treatment, I can barely organize my thoughts. Have trouble both reading and writing and comprehending both what is being said to me and what I read. <br />ECT IS the modern day lobotomy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284422076801349963.post-11595549251384699192011-06-24T10:11:10.067+03:002011-06-24T10:11:10.067+03:00I'm sorry but there is no evidence that ECT do...I'm sorry but there is no evidence that ECT does brain damage.<br />Here's a study:<br />ECT-induced cognitive deficits are transient, although spotty memory loss may persist for events immediately surrounding the ECT course. Prospective computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging studies show no evidence of ECT-induced structural changes. Some early human autopsy case reports from the unmodified ECT era reported cerebrovascular lesions that were due to agonal changes or undiagnosed disease. In animal ECS studies that used a stimulus intensity and frequency comparable to human ECT, no neuronal loss was seen when appropriate control animals, blind ratings, and perfusion fixation techniques were employed. Controlled studies using quantitative cell counts have failed to show neuronal loss even after prolonged courses of ECS. Several well-controlled studies have demonstrated that neuronal loss occurs only after 1.5 to 2 hours of continuous seizure activity in primates, and adequate muscle paralysis and oxygenation further delay these changes. These conditions are not approached during ECT. Other findings indicate that the passage of electricity, thermal effects, and the transient disruption of the blood-brain barrier during ECS do not result in structural brain damage.<br />http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8010381Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18236191571382668663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284422076801349963.post-62049417290515411772011-06-24T09:48:45.783+03:002011-06-24T09:48:45.783+03:00ECT does not cause brain lesion and is in no way c...ECT does not cause brain lesion and is in no way comparable to ice pick lobotomies...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284422076801349963.post-8787929138218550792011-06-24T07:38:31.539+03:002011-06-24T07:38:31.539+03:00BS! It's just a more humane looking form of br...BS! It's just a more humane looking form of brain damage since ice pick lobotomies aren't allowed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com