A Smashing Victory — And an Insidious New Threat
- June 10, 2019
- / Peter Breggin MD
- / ect-articles,electroshock,Peter_Breggin,ECT
Today it is no longer enough to speak of human freedom as if it were in itself a guarantee for the opportunity to live the best possible life. That is because the very right to be a human being is under assault by forces that can and do destroy the fabric of being human—...
Huge Breakthrough in Lawsuits Against ECT Shock Device Manufacturers
- October 24, 2018
- / Peter Breggin MD
- / ECT,ect-articles,electroshock,Peter_Breggin
A long-awaited major electroconvulsive therapy case that was on the eve of trial just settled to the satisfaction of the injured ECT patients and the DK Law Group, LLP by trial attorney David M. Karen in California. While the settlement amount remains confidential, as an...
The FDA Wants to Approve ECT Without Testing
- January 7, 2016
- / Peter Breggin MD
- / ECT,ect-articles,electroshock,Peter_Breggin
On December 29, 2015, the FDA proposed reclassifying ECT, essentially approving of its routine clinical use. The FDA describes its recommendation as follows: “… To support reclassification of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Devices into class II (special controls) for...