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Ban Electroconvulsive Therapy (E.C.T) in Australia
Petition published by Cassie on Jul 15, 2007
52 Signatures 
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Target: Government + Mental Health Authorities
Region: Australia
Petition Background (Preamble):
ECT is a barbaric "treatment" used in many private and public health systems in Australia to "treat" all sorts of mental illness. Side effects are excruciating and damaging to a persons memory and quality of life.
Patients are generally completely misinformed of these side effects but must sign a waiver (that they generally are too sick to understand) so the hospitals will not get sued. Often unnecessary treatments are given to maximise profit, especially within the private health system.
http://www.ect.org/category/effects/
http://www.wildestcolts.com/mentalhealth/shock.html
http://www.priory.com/psych/ectolanti.htm
http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.ect.memory.html
Patients are generally completely misinformed of these side effects but must sign a waiver (that they generally are too sick to understand) so the hospitals will not get sued. Often unnecessary treatments are given to maximise profit, especially within the private health system.
http://www.ect.org/category/effects/
http://www.wildestcolts.com/mentalhealth/shock.html
http://www.priory.com/psych/ectolanti.htm
http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.ect.memory.html
Petition:
We, the people of Australia, call the Government and the Mental Health Commission of Australia, to eliminate all forms of Electroconvulsive therapy within the Mental Health system.
The Ban Electroconvulsive Therapy (E.C.T) in Australia petition to Government + Mental Health Authorities was written by Cassie and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition. Contact author here. Petition tags: mental health, shock therapy, ect, electroconvulsive therapy
