New Mental Health Bill to Ban Electric Shocks
... mental health bill to ban electric shocks New Delhi: The right of mentally-ill patients to decide their mode of treatment, decriminalising suicide for them and a ban on electric shock treatment without anaesthesia are some of the progressive provisions of the new mental health bill proposed by … Read more on Zee News Cultural Barriers in Kurdistan Challenge Treatment for Psychological Wounds She says that most of her respondents show various signs of PTSD, depression, and anxiety. Other symptoms she observed include sleep disorder, nightmares, … When she has to refer patients, she sends most to the Kirkuk Center for Torture Victims, led … ...
Studies Provide New Insights Into Brain-Behavior Relationships
Studies provide new insights into brain-behavior relationships The January issue of Behavioural Neurology, edited by the journal's co-Editor in Chief, Argye E. Hillis, MD, of the Departments of Neurology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Department of Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore … Read more on EurekAlert (press release) Homeless puppies train to become service dogs “He's a natural — he makes us look good,” observed Bowman, 63, a resident in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics in White City. Bowman and his furry charge have just completed the … The three … Read more on Statesman Journal Read more... ...
First Fortnight Starts Year With Positive Outlook
... the doctor says. … Her parents — naively, says Caouette: "they were prone to the power of suggestion" — had her committed for electric-shock treatment, two sessions a week for two years. Her life thereafter … Read more on Irish Examiner Also in Lifestyle … a semi-autobiographical account of a period in her own life when, as a college student, she struggled with moving from her straight-A student life into the daunting world of adulthood, and underwent electric shock treatment for a severe period of … Read more on Irish Independent Read ...
Electrick Shock?
Question by sanko: electrick shock? According to a review of 61 studies of patients suffering from severely debilitating depression, a large majority of the patients reported that missing a night’s sleep immediately lifted their depression. Yet sleep-deprivation is not used to treat depression even though the conventional treatments, which use drugs and electric shocks, often have serious side effects Look at this line “Yet sleep-deprivation is not used to treat depression….” sleep-deprivation means no sleep………..so do they mean if a person is not allowed to sleep then there will be no depression ? Read more... ...
I Cant Remember the Name of This Book! Help?
Question by Ashlee: I cant remember the name of this book! Help? I read a book in High School that I would like to read again, but I cant remember what the title was or even the author. It was about girl in high school, her step dad was a criminal in some way, I dont remember the details.. Anyway in the beginning of the book her step dad sets her up and she is sent to a jail/rehab of sorts.. I know my details are a little vague and probably not totally accurate.. Towards the end of the book she sets fire to the jail and escapes.. Does anybody have any idea what book I am thinking of?? Read more... ...
'My Mother Was Given Electric Shock Therapy Against Her Will'
... mother was given electric shock therapy against her will' Filed under: shock therapy for depression Electroconvulsive therapy — placing electrodes on a patient's temples to deliver an electrical current under anaesthetic — is used to treat severe depression and in some cases schizophrenia. It is designed to induce a seizure which can last for up to … Read more on Evening Standard Marie Osmond Mental Illness Bombshell, Considered Electric Shock Treatment … Filed under: shock therapy for depression Read ...
Electric Shock Treatment for Depression
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