Return-Path: X-Sieve: cmu-sieve 2.0 Return-Path: Received: from mail.outflow.net (mail.outflow.net [64.156.173.4]) by server16.firstfind.nl (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3sarge3) with ESMTP id l047fcNH018482 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 08:41:39 +0100 Received: from cchrdircommnet ([66.120.47.69]) by mail.outflow.net (Mail Server v.1.3.2) with ASMTP id JIR85926; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 23:39:26 -0800 Message-ID: <088101c72fd3$75ed0120$3500a8c0@cchrdircommnet> From: "CCHR" To: "CCHR" Subject: Leading Researcher and Electroshock Advocate Reverses Position on Electroshock Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 23:37:26 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_087E_01C72F90.236B7730" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_087E_01C72F90.236B7730 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Leading Researcher and Electroshock Advocate Reverses Position on = Electroshock New Study Finds Shocking Patients Permanently Impairs Memory, Cognitive = Abilities and Reaction Time A new Columbia University study published in the January issue of the = journal Neuropsychopharmacology found that shock treatment, also know as = "electroconvulsive therapy" (ECT), causes permanent damage to memory, = cognitive abilities and reaction time. In the study, leading ECT = advocate Harold Sackeim reverses his decades-long denial of the = debilitating damage caused by ECT. Sackeim, who co-authored the study, = has been one of the most outspoken proponents of ECT and in the recent = study failed to disclose his financial interests in ECT device = manufacturer Mecta Corp. The study found, "Greater amnesia for = autobiographical events was significantly correlated with the number of = ECT treatments received 6-months earlier." The study's authors wrote = that "this study provides the first evidence in a large, prospective = sample that adverse cognitive effects can persist for an extended = period, and that they characterize routine treatment with ECT in = community settings." =20 In the post-ECT assessment, the study found that "In each instance, = older patients and those with lower estimated intellectual function had = more severe deficits" and "The gender differences...reflected greater = deficits in women than in men." Shockingly, it is elderly women, the = most at risk, who are the most common recipients of ECT--almost 50% of = those receiving electroshock are over 65 years old and women comprise = two-thirds of ECT recipients. The U.S. psychiatric industry today reaps = an estimated $5 billion a year from the administration of ECT. Of the = estimated 300 Americans who die each year from electroshock, 250 are = elderly. Click here for more information on the debilitating effects of = psychiatric treatment, published by the Citizens Commission on Human = Rights International, or visit www.cchr.org. If you'd rather not receive these e-mails, send an e-mail to = humanrights@cchr.org with "Unsubscribe Me" in the subject line.=20 CCHR Int. 6616 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028 ------=_NextPart_000_087E_01C72F90.236B7730 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
Leading Researcher and Electroshock Advocate Reverses = Position on=20 Electroshock
New = Study=20 Finds Shocking Patients Permanently Impairs Memory, Cognitive = Abilities and=20 Reaction Time
 
A new = Columbia=20 University study published in the January issue of the journal=20 Neuropsychopharmacology found that shock treatment, also know as "electroconvulsive = therapy"=20 (ECT), causes permanent damage to memory, cognitive abilities and = reaction=20 time.  In the study, leading ECT advocate Harold = Sackeim reverses=20 his decades-long=20 denial of the debilitating damage caused by ECT.  Sackeim, who = co-authored the study, has been one of the most outspoken proponents of = ECT and=20 in the recent study failed to disclose his financial interests in = ECT=20 device manufacturer Mecta Corp.  The study found, "Greater amnesia for autobiographical events was = significantly=20 correlated with the number of ECT treatments received 6-months = earlier." =20 The=20 study's authors wrote that "this study provides the first evidence in a = large,=20 prospective sample that adverse cognitive effects can persist for an = extended=20 period, and that they characterize routine treatment with ECT in = community=20 settings." 
 
In the = post-ECT=20 assessment, the study found that "In each instance, older patients and = those=20 with lower estimated intellectual function had more severe deficits" = and =20 "The gender differences...reflected greater deficits in women than in=20 men."  Shockingly, it is elderly women, the most at risk, who are = the most=20 common recipients of ECT--almost 50% = of those=20 receiving electroshock are over 65 years old and women = comprise=20 two-thirds of ECT recipients. The U.S. psychiatric industry = today=20 reaps an estimated $5 billion a year from the administration of = ECT.  Of=20 the estimated 300 Americans who die each year from electroshock, 250 are = elderly.  Click here = for more=20 information on the debilitating effects of psychiatric=20 treatment, published by = the Citizens Commission on Human Rights = International, or=20 visit www.cchr.org.

If you'd rather not receive these e-mails, send an = e-mail to humanrights@cchr.org with = "Unsubscribe=20 Me" in the subject line.=20

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