This book is one of the very best resources for anyone who really wants to understand the facts and the history about electroshock. Here is an example from 1941 from walter freeman, who introduced the lobotomy in the united states and was its most ardent practitioner and promoter. Frank has been working for nearly four decades to raise awareness of the ill effects of ect, compiling facts and quotes about the treatment in. The immediate effects of electroshock are also alarming and include epileptic or grand mal seizure, coma, physical weakness, confusion, disorientation, nausea and a migrainetype headache which can last for several days or longer. Ban electroshock machines now electric shock therapy. Jennifer couzinfrankel, science aaas, as epilepsy drugs fail nearly onethird of patients, scientists seek root causes of seizures, 12 dec. Finally released from the hospital, i decided i would spend my life fighting this, he recounted in a recent interview in which he shared excerpts from his online electroshock quotationary.
Nevertheless, the bookwhich includes discussions of such contemporary therapeutic innovations as vns. While committed to a private psychiatric facility near san francisco in 1963, he was forced to undergo 50 insulincoma and 35 electroconvulsive procedures, which caused him severe memory loss, wiping out the preceding threeyearperiod and effectively destroying his high. The electroshock quotationary by frank, leonard roy. Electroshock definition of electroshock by merriamwebster. Angeles, feral house, random house websters quotationary new york, random house, 1998, and 7 other collections of quotations for random house. A electroshock survivor and editor antipsychiatry activist mr. The primary tools of basic neurophysiological research include electrophysiological recordings, such as patch clamp, voltage clamp. The electroshock quotationary, a collection of quotations, excerpts, and essays about the history and nature of electroshock, by shock survivor leonard roy frank, includes the testimony of peter sterling, a university of pennsylvania neuroscience professor, describing the nature of ectcaused brain damage, dated may 31, 2001, to the new york. Leonard roy frank is a survivor of forced electroshock, a longtime human rights activist, an expert editor of quotations, and a passionate.
Spoken and written testimony by leonard roy frank to fda. Two books are among the very best resources on electroshock. Leonard frank ect survivor electric shock therapy beware. In addition, leonard roy franks electroshock quotationary is another good source of material, and there is also a new web page of historical materials. The electroshock quotationary is the single best document available to learn about the reality of this horrific practice. The electroshock quotationary ectq was created to support the. Electroboy is an emotionally frenzied memoir that reveals with kaleidoscopic intensity the terrifying world of manic depression. The case against, which offers summaries of activist resistance to electroshock over the last four decades of the 20th century, robert morgan offered the following acknowledgment of. In 1974 i cofounded the network against psychiatric assault napa and published the history of shock treatment, in 1978 and the electroshock quotationary, an ebook, in 2006. Tye also presents various theories as to how unless you or someone you know is going to have or has had ect, then this book probably wouldnt interest you. You can always find quotations online, but you have to cut through the noise to find good ones. As a survivor and opponent of electroshock ect, electroconvulsive treatment who.
In his movement classic the history of shock treatment selfpublished, 1978, frank documented massive evidence of ectrelated brain damage and death. Recent examples on the web like other researchers around the world, the utah team traditionally studied animals with healthy brains, inducing seizures one at a time with chemicals or electroshock. The electroshock quotationary ectq was created to support the organizations opposition to electroshock by informing the public,about the nature of electroshock, its history, why and how its used, its effects on people, and the efforts to promote and stop its use. In 2006, he edited the electroshock quotationary, an ebook. As is the case with psychoactive drugs, the putative therapeutic effect is identical to the toxic effect. The electroshock quotationary ectq was created to support the organizations opposition to electroshock by informing the public, through caests website, about the nature of electroshock, its history, why and how its used.
The fda wants to declare electroshock machines safe without a safety investigation. It is important to understand that electroshock psychiatrists can easily get rich if. Duty to warn an overdue expose of electroconvulsive therapy. Led by lifelong defender and promoter of shock treatment harold sackeim, a team of investigators recently published a followup study of 347 patients given. In 2006, he selfpublished the electroshock quotationary, an ebook. Shock treatment is not safe and provides little if any.
A resident of san francisco since 1959, he is a member of mindfreedom international eugene, oregon and the coalition. Leonard roy frank issued the electroshock quotationary, in june 2006, which is a good source of material. Disturbing news for patients and shock doctors alike peter r. The electroshock quotationary, edited by leonard roy frank. Frank has been working for nearly four decades to raise awareness of the ill effects of ect, compiling facts and quotes about the treatment in his free online book the electroshock quotationary. But in recent years, it has been making a comeback. Psychiatric oppression or human transformation by john breeding, ph.
Psychiatrys cruel and inhuman punishment, the tribue oakland, october 1, 1984. Linda andres book, doctors of deception is a gold mine of information. To invade, violate and injure the brain, as electroshock unfailingly does, is a crime against the spirit and a desecration of the soul. Who we are the truth about electroshock psychrights. Electroshock consent forms, insulin coma articles, miscellaneous articles on psychiatry. One is titled doctors of deception is by shock survivor linda andre 2009, and is a terrific summary of the data on electroshock. The case against, which offers summaries of activist resistance to electroshock over the last four decades of the 20th century, robert morgan offered the following acknowledgment of leonard frank. Convulsive treatment for schizophrenia was based on a hypothesized biological antagonism between epilepsy and schizophrenia. The electroshock quotationary ectq was created to support the organizations opposition to electroshock by informing the public, through caests website, about the nature of electroshock, its history, why and how its. Frank edited the bestselling random house websters quotationary in 1998 and the history of shock treatment in 1978. End of shock web site of the coalition for the abolition of electroshock in texas, with a wealth of data on this braindamaging procedure and efforts to abolish it. The electroshock quotationary dbsa san gabriel valley. Psychiatrys electric evolution a new shock therapy or. In the 1990s update to his terrific book, electroshock.
Electric shock therapy beware of all the dangers home. A major part of the following article is based on his testimony on behalf of support coalition international at a public hearing on the dangers of ect conducted by the mental health committee of the new york state assembly in manhattan on. The electroshock quotationary ectq was created to support the organizations opposition to electroshock by informing the public, through caests website, about the nature of electroshock, its history, why and how its used, its effects on people, and the. A crime against the spirit pdf, 34kb, 11 pages psychrights electroshock resources. Electroshock also known as shock therapy, electroconvulsive treatment, ect, est, ecs, and convulsive therapy involves the induction of a grand mal seizure, or convulsion, by passing electricity through the brain. Frank edited the bestselling random house websters quotationary in 1998 and. Leonard edited the book called the history of shock treatment. Books international campaign to ban electroshock icbe. Erbs textbook, which provided detailed instructions for the treatment of all the symptoms of nervous diseases. Electroconvulsive therapy in children psychology today. Links international campaign to ban electroshock icbe. Active in the psychiatric survivors movement since 1972. In 2006, i published on the internet the electroshock quotationary, a freely downloadable 156page book with a good deal more information than most people would ever want to know about psychiatry s most controversial procedure. The electroshock quotationary article in ethical human psychology and psychiatry 82.
The truth about electroshock ect or electroconvulsive therapy. Im 78 years old, live in san francisco and have been active in the struggle against electroshock for almost 40 years. I knew for example that ernest hemingway had killed himself after a second series of electroshock at the mayo clinic. A published author, frank compiled numerous books of quotes and passages, as well as writing about his own experiences. The fda wants to declare electroshock machines safe. Leonard franks letter re electroshock to abc reporter. Electroshock resources national empowerment center. Therapy electroconvulsive therapy in children the legislative overreach concerning ect in children leaves one openmouthed.
Leonard roy frank july 15, 1932 january 15, 2015, was an american human rights activist. The electroshock quotationary in addition, it is very well known in neurology circles that one of the side effects of severe brain injury is a shortlived sense of euphoria. It is a controversial work, if only because its authors combine both historical analysis and advocacy. Electroshock abuses, ahp perspectives, association for humanistic psychology, january 1985. Shock therapy is based on contemporary research that includes both manuscript and printed sources as well as interviews with individuals who have played key roles in the history of ect. Leonard roy frank, born in brooklyn in 1932, graduated from the wharton school of the university of pennsylvania in 1954. His written work on ect and advocacy against it have straddled the decades covered in this book. Breggin, md ithaca, ny s omething most remarkable and unexpected has occurred in the. Resources compiled by leonard roy frank, leading authority on electroshock. Linda andres book is both a powerful memoir of her own experience as an ect patient and a documented account of the underbelly of the shock industry.
The electroshock quotationary ectq was created to support the organizations opposition to electroshock by informing the public,about the nature of electroshock, its history, why and how its used, its effects on people, and the efforts to promote and stop. For more information on ect use and on the subject of ect generally, you may want to contact linda andre, an electroshock survivor like myself, who is now writing a book on ect for rutgers university press. He sought a high wherever he could find one and changed jobs the way some people change outfits. All electroshock involves many unacceptably high risks and harm. Interest in shock treatment is growing despite decadesold. Electroconvulsive therapy ect, formerly known as electroshock therapy, is a psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in patients to provide relief from mental disorders typically, 70 to 120 volts are applied externally to the patients head resulting in approximately 800 milliamperes of direct current passed through the brain, for 100 milliseconds to 6 seconds. Handman, as a psychiatric survivor and antipsychiatry activist, i am writing to voice several major criticisms of statements on the psychiatric procedure of electroshock electroconvulsive therapy recently expressed by university of toronto historian edward shorter. For years andy behrman hid his raging mania behind a largerthanlife personality. Electroshock, a medical procedure that jolts a patients brain with highvoltage electricity, fell into some disrepute during the early 1970s. Linda has compiled a twopage primer, the fdas regulation of.
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