Dangerous Electroshock Therapy Earns Psychiatric Industry $1.2 Billion Every Year — and Now the FDA Wants To Make it More Widely Available

6th April 2016

By Carolanne Wright

Contributing Writer for Wake Up World

“The FDA has initiated a proposal that would reclassify Electroconvulsive Therapy Devices (ECT) from its current category as a high risk device, to a lower risk machine with less regulatory controls. This is despite the federal agency’s admission that the ECT device has not been proven safe and effective.” [CCHR Documentaries]

The Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) in Canton, Massachusetts has a long history of controversy for how it handles disabled children and adults. The school has been condemned by the United Nations Special Rapporteurs on Torture, a variety of disability groups, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, and an FDA advisory panel.

What is it about the school’s protocol that has attracted such criticism? The answer lies in the way the school handles “unacceptable” behavior, namely frequent electric shocks as punishment. Former teachers at Rotenberg have described how mentally challenged children would writhe on the floor, screaming in pain after receiving the shocks. And yet, the school still has around 200 students, with more referrals in the pipeline. Rotenberg is the only designated school in the United States that uses electric shock for behavioral management.

But electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in general is also widely used on young children, teenagers, those with autism all the way up to adults who struggle with depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. And now the FDA is in the process of down-grading the classification of ECT to make it more easily accessible for treating so-called mental illness, against tremendous public outcry, including those who have survived the ‘treatment’ only to find their memory severely and permanently damaged, as well as increased levels of depression and suicidal thoughts.

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