Professor John Read

How open questions reveal the full extent of damage done by electroconvulsive therapy | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Open Questions About Electroconvulsive Therapy Reveal Fuller Picture When asked open questions about the effects of electroconvulsive therapy, 51% reported negative effects only, 3% reported positive outcomes only, and 46% reported a mixture.

Open Questions About Electroconvulsive Therapy Reveal Fuller Picture | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

Survey Finds Most ECT Patients Suffer Long-term Memory Loss In our international survey, 71 percent of ECT patients reported reduced ability to retain new information, and 80 percent reported loss of autobiographical memories of events before ECT.

Survey Finds Most ECT Patients Suffer Long-term Memory Loss | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/psyc...

Is It Time to Ban Electroconvulsive Therapy for Children? Opinion: The case for ECT to be made illegal for children and adolescents.

Is It Time to Ban Electroconvulsive Therapy for Children? | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/psyc...

New Global Study Finds ECT Linked to Wide Range of Harms It is well established that the most common adverse effect of electroconvulsive therapy is memory loss. Our latest paper reports on 25 other adverse effects in multiple domains.

New Global Study Finds ECT Linked to Wide Range of Harms | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/psyc...

New Global Study Finds ECT Linked to Wide Range of Harms It is well established that the most common adverse effect of electroconvulsive therapy is memory loss. Our latest paper reports on 25 other adverse effects in multiple domains.

New Global Study Finds ECT Linked to Wide Range of Harms | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/psyc...

Survey Finds Most ECT Patients Suffer Long-term Memory Loss In our international survey, 71 percent of ECT patients reported reduced ability to retain new information, and 80 percent reported loss of autobiographical memories of events before ECT.

Survey Finds Most ECT Patients Suffer Long-term Memory Loss | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/psyc...

The Gendered Experience of ECT: Insights From a Global Survey Women are twice as likely as men to be given electroconvulsive therapy. Our international survey shows they are less likely to benefit and more likely to suffer memory loss.

The Gendered Experience of ECT: Insights From a Global Survey | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/psyc...

The Gendered Experience of ECT: Insights From a Global Survey Women are twice as likely as men to be given electroconvulsive therapy. Our international survey shows they are less likely to benefit and more likely to suffer memory loss.

The Gendered Experience of ECT: Insights From a Global Survey | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

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Re-floating my big feature on ECT ... A year old now but no less relevant. www.thebeliever.net/a-brilliant-... via @thebeliever.net

ECT Patients Not Asked About Causes of Their Problems An international survey of 1144 electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) patients and relatives has found that the causes of the patients' problems are ignored.

ECT Patients Not Asked About Causes of Their Problems | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/psyc...

ECT Patients Not Asked About Causes of Their Problems An international survey of 1144 electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) patients and relatives has found that the causes of the patients' problems are ignored.

ECT Patients Not Asked About Causes of Their Problems | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

“I Can’t Remember a Single Day”: New Survey Shows Disastrous Memory Effects of ECT 114 people told us they lost vital memories from before ECT, like getting married, birthdays, and family events.

“I Can’t Remember a Single Day”: New Survey Shows Disastrous Memory Effects of ECT - Mad In America www.madinamerica.com/2025/09/i-ca...

Electroconvulsive therapy may have more adverse effects than thought Study calls for depression treatment to be suspended for more research after reports of heart problems and emotional blunting

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⚡️research is so flawed/inconclusive that #ECT wld have..no chance of obtaining #MHRA approval in the #UK/ #FDA in #USA, if introduced today⚡️ @profjohnread.bsky.social

🚨 #ECT mainly given to older women, 1/3 receiving it against their will🚨

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The IIPDW is a UK charity. We rely solely on the support of individuals like you to keep going. If you share our vision of a world where everyone has access to informed consent & safe, supported withdrawal, please consider donating on our website youtu.be/bVhcDhf62u8 Thank you.

Cognitive Dissonance, Collective Trauma, and the Middle East Considering cognitive dissonance and intergenerational trauma may help avoid one-sided responses to the tragedy in the Middle East.

A timely reminder?
Cognitive Dissonance, Collective Trauma, and the Middle East | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

“I Can’t Remember a Single Day”: New Survey Shows Disastrous Memory Effects of ECT 114 people told us they lost vital memories from before ECT, like getting married, birthdays, and family events.

“I Can’t Remember a Single Day”: New Survey Shows Disastrous Memory Effects of ECT - Mad In America www.madinamerica.com/2025/09/i-ca...

“I Can’t Remember a Single Day”: New Survey Shows Disastrous Memory Effects of ECT 114 people told us they lost vital memories from before ECT, like getting married, birthdays, and family events.

“I Can’t Remember a Single Day”: New Survey Shows Disastrous Memory Effects of ECT - Mad In America www.madinamerica.com/2025/09/i-ca...

Survey Finds Most ECT Patients Suffer Long-term Memory Loss In our international survey, 71 percent of ECT patients reported reduced ability to retain new information, and 80 percent reported loss of autobiographical memories of events before ECT.

Survey Finds Most ECT Patients Suffer Long-term Memory Loss | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/psyc...

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Survey Finds Most ECT patients Suffer Long-term Memory Loss | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/psyc...

80 Years On, Do We Know If Electroconvulsive Therapy Works? My first contact with ECT was in 1973 on a Bronx psychiatric ward, where I worked as a naïve nursing aide. I ended up throwing up in the car park.

80 Years On, Do We Know If Electroconvulsive Therapy Works? | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

“…."Our international survey, the largest ever conducted, seems to confirm audits of ECT leaflets, in Australia and the U.K., which found that the principle of informed consent is being consistently breached," the group wrote in the Journal of Medical Ethics…” #biorisks

Electroconvulsive Therapy Patients Often Not Fully Informed of Risks, Study Suggests Researchers question whether principle of informed consent is being breached

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ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent Evidence from a huge survey of what people who have received ECT really think about what they were told, and about how ECT affected them.

ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent - Mad In America www.madinamerica.com/2025/08/ect-...

Medical pros of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) exaggerated while cons downplayed, survey findings suggest | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent Evidence from a huge survey of what people who have received ECT really think about what they were told, and about how ECT affected them.

ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent - Mad In America www.madinamerica.com/2025/08/ect-...

Medical pros of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) exaggerated while cons downplayed, survey findings suggest | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Electric shock therapy ‘ineffective and can erase memories’ Study finds majority of patients polled say medical procedure made their quality of life worse

Article about our international ECT survey
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