Galaxy Highland 10
Shocking Denial
RECEIVED Wed., July 12, 2006
Editor,
I am so amazed by the level of denial people stand in when what they are involved in has opposition.
Of course it [electroconvulsive therapy] causes brain damage. How could it not?
Mary Ann Dale and Seton's statement that it causes no brain damage is insane [“Naked City,” News, July 7]. Perhaps we should have a public ECT viewing with Mary Ann Dale and the other heads of Seton be the subjects to show us how safe it is.
The attitudes of these people who find delight in ruining peoples lives is criminal at the very least. What ever happened to the Hippocratic oath, “cause no harm”?
Until Mary Ann Dale and her counterparts come forward for a public show of the safety of this draconian treatment by being subjects for the public to view, I will stand in the space of saying these people are bald-faced lying to the public and, worse yet, their patients.
It is my opinion that the use of anti-depressants offers a false hope to people who have already been exploited and hurt. Sadly, they find they are worse off at the hands of their supposed helpers, the white-coat executioners who then assault their brains with electroshock.
There is no excuse for this type of treatment. It is cruel and unusual punishment – torture, which is a crime. A crime is: harm to a person or their property, which this practice definitely does.
Let's not be afraid to speak truth to power.
I am so amazed by the level of denial people stand in when what they are involved in has opposition.
Of course it [electroconvulsive therapy] causes brain damage. How could it not?
Mary Ann Dale and Seton's statement that it causes no brain damage is insane [“Naked City,” News, July 7]. Perhaps we should have a public ECT viewing with Mary Ann Dale and the other heads of Seton be the subjects to show us how safe it is.
The attitudes of these people who find delight in ruining peoples lives is criminal at the very least. What ever happened to the Hippocratic oath, “cause no harm”?
Until Mary Ann Dale and her counterparts come forward for a public show of the safety of this draconian treatment by being subjects for the public to view, I will stand in the space of saying these people are bald-faced lying to the public and, worse yet, their patients.
It is my opinion that the use of anti-depressants offers a false hope to people who have already been exploited and hurt. Sadly, they find they are worse off at the hands of their supposed helpers, the white-coat executioners who then assault their brains with electroshock.
There is no excuse for this type of treatment. It is cruel and unusual punishment – torture, which is a crime. A crime is: harm to a person or their property, which this practice definitely does.
Let's not be afraid to speak truth to power.
Beth Jezik
