Lee’s Traumatic Journey: A Therapeutic Story to Address Life-Threatening Behaviors with Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

• By: Frank Bird Melmark
• January 1st, 2021
• adult, aggression, autism, catatonia, challenging behaviors, ECT, Electroconvulsive Therapy, hospitalization, physical trauma, residential school, self-injurious behavior, winter 2021 issue
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ECT remains a controversial topic within medicine and psychiatry, raising concerns about ethics and the right to effective treatment, the historical record of its clinical efficacy, the research with children, adolescents, and young adults with autism spectrum disorder and catatonia, and evidence...

From the Publisher: A Personal Journey From a Survivor of Suicide: “From the Depths of Despair to a Mission of Advocacy”

• By: Ira H. Minot, LMSW Mental Health News Education (MHNE)
• September 28th, 2020
• advocacy, depression, despair, divorce, ECT, fall 2020 issue, hope, hospitalization, medications, mental illness, recovery, stigma, suicide, survivor
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I was drifting in and out of consciousness in the emergency room. “You have to drink this,” someone was saying as they held a tall plastic cup to my lips, filled with a tasteless ink-black liquid. I later learned that the charcoal drink was given to me to absorb the toxic soup that was in my...

Know the Signs: Help Prevent a Loved One’s Suicide

• By: Wendy Martinez Farmer, LPC Beacon Health Options
• September 28th, 2020
• depression, ECT, fall 2020 issue, suicide, suicide prevention, true story, warning signs
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The following is a true story by a Beacon Health Options employee. Anna was one of the most talented and creative people I had ever known, and just about everyone who met her felt the same. She was a perfectionist to a fault, and there was seemingly nothing that she did not do well. The one person...