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Re:Zero arrests in 6 months of health care professionals rep... by orbifold on Friday February 05, 2021 @07:50AM (#26035733)
There is plenty of evidence of inhumane treatment in psych facilities over decades, including human experimentation, drug trials, debilitating brain surgeries, electroshock therapy etc. Psychiatry is probably the single medical field that has caused more harm than it has cured.
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Re:Zero arrests in 6 months of health care professionals rep... by woko on Friday February 05, 2021 @09:32AM (#26036672)
Just to be clear, electroshock therapy is still a thing.
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Re:Zero arrests in 6 months of health care professionals rep... by orbifold on Friday February 05, 2021 @02:51PM (#26040435)
Yes I know and there are some people in permanent psychiatric care without any perspective for improvement with current known methods, some are kept almost like animals or permanently sedated.
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Re:Zero arrests in 6 months of health care professionals rep... by paulydavis on Friday February 12, 2021 @09:37AM (#26114045)
It also can be a long term cure more severe drug resistant depression. It worked for my wife. They do not do it without your consent.
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