Psychiatrys Shock Doctrine: Are We Really OK With Electroshocking Toddlers?

Many Americans think that ECT has gone the way of bloodletting, but it continues to be regarded by American psychiatry as a respected treatment, especially for patients who are “treatment resistant” to drugs. Although ECT for young children is nowhere near as common as for adults, most U.S. states do not prohibit ECT for kids. California prohibits ECT for children under the age of 12 but allows children between 12 and 15 to receive ECT if three psychiatrists are in favor of it.

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A couple in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada founded the International Campaign to Ban Electroshock (ICBE)  in 2007. The ICBE website has ECT articles, links, videos and other pages. The ICBE deems ECT to be unethical, barbaric an atrocity and a crime against humanity.