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Cork Electroshock Protest May, 2017
A public protest against the psychiatric procedure of electroshock took place in Cork on Saturday. A number of speakers referred to the fact that, following a decline in the 1980's and 90's, electroshock is now on the increase again. Apart from causing cellular brain injury it is also, in a ratio of 2 to 1, used more on women than men. Many of the women are elderly including, recently, a woman of 92. Grandmother and shock recipient Mary Maddock (69) spoke of a power imbalance faced by the victims of an outdated procedure which she described as a human rights violation. Other speakers placed the procedure in the context of present day overall forced psychiatric practice which also sees people...
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Cork Electroshock Protest May, 2017
. A public protest against the psychiatric procedure of electroshock took place in Cork on Saturday. A number of speakers referred to the fact that, following a decline in the 1980's and 90's, electroshock is now on the increase again. Apart from causing cellular brain injury it is also, in a ratio of 2 to 1, used more on women than men. Many of the women are elderly including, recently, a woman of 92. Grandmother and shock recipient Mary Maddock (69) spoke of a power imbalance faced by the victims of an outdated procedure which she described as a human rights violation. Other speakers placed the procedure in the context of present day overall forced psychiatric practice which also sees...
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MINDFREEDOM IRELAND PRESS RELEASE MAY 6TH, 2017.
PSYCHIATRIC SURVIVOR GROUP MARKS 10 YEARS OF PROTEST. On Saturday May 13th, psychiatric survivor group MindFreedom Ireland will mark 10 years of protest against the controversial procedure of electroshock with a public demonstration on The Grand Parade, Cork. Increasingly worldwide, shock recipients are speaking out against the outdated and brain damaging procedure in the face of concerted campaigns by psychiatry to say it is safe and effective. In the welter of information and misinformation being circulated, certain facts need to be clearly stated. Firstly, by their own admission doctors do not know how it is supposed to work. Secondly, deliberately provoking a grand mal seizure is at...
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MINDFREEDOM IRELAND PRESS RELEASE MAY 6TH, 2017.
PSYCHIATRIC SURVIVOR GROUP MARKS 10 YEARS OF PROTEST. On Saturday May 13th, psychiatric survivor group MindFreedom Ireland will mark 10 years of protest against the controversial procedure of electroshock with a public demonstration on The Grand Parade, Cork. Increasingly worldwide, shock recipients are speaking out against the outdated and brain damaging procedure in the face of concerted campaigns by psychiatry to say it is safe and effective. In the welter of information and misinformation being circulated, certain facts need to be clearly stated. Firstly, by their own admission doctors do not know how it is supposed to work. Secondly, deliberately provoking a grand mal seizure is at...
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MINDFREEDOM IRELAND PRESS RELEASE MAY 6TH, 2017.
PSYCHIATRIC SURVIVOR GROUP MARKS 10 YEARS OF PROTEST. On Saturday May 13th, psychiatric survivor group MindFreedom Ireland will mark 10 years of protest against the controversial procedure of electroshock with a public demonstration on The Grand Parade, Cork. Increasingly worldwide, shock recipients are speaking out against the outdated and brain damaging procedure in the face of concerted campaigns by psychiatry to say it is safe and effective. In the welter of information and misinformation being circulated, certain facts need to be clearly stated. Firstly, by their own admission doctors do not know how it is supposed to work. Secondly, deliberately provoking a grand mal seizure is at...
