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Image caption: \u201cIt\u2019s not the patient that\u2019s resistant\u2014it\u2019s the system that\u2019s resistant to accountability. In any other field, if the intervention failed, the treatment would be reevaluated. But psychiatry doubles down, pushing more dangerous interventions instead.\u201d \u2013 Jan Eastgate, President CCHR International.<\/em><\/p>\n
These brain stimulation devices were \u201ccleared\u201d by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or approved under Humanitarian Device Exemptions (HDEs), bypassing the rigorous testing normally required of most medical devices. Many were greenlighted based on the device delivering ECT\u2014a practice known for causing brain damage, memory loss, and even death.[1]<\/p>\n
Even industry insiders acknowledge concerns. \u201cThe precise physiological mechanisms of DBS are not yet fully understood,\u201d admits one clinical review.[2] A professor of psychiatry at Brown University\u2019s Alpert Medical School, put it more starkly: \u201cThis really is a kind of mind control.\u201d[3]<\/p>\n
The term \u201ctreatment-resistant\u201d is a psychiatric sleight of hand, now used to justify a global neurostimulation industry projected to hit $51 billion by 2030. \u00a0Labeling up to 60% of psychiatric patients as \u201cresistant\u201d creates a false pretext for experimental interventions.[4] Meanwhile, 25% of patients develop drug tolerance within weeks, prompting ever-riskier \u201csolutions.\u201d[5]<\/p>\n
Electroshock: Psychiatry\u2019s Recycled Blunder<\/strong><\/p>\n ECT involves sending up to 460 volts through the brain to trigger seizures. Contrary to PR spin, Eastgate says, experts report modern ECT is no safer\u2014voltage levels are higher than when broken bones were common due to convulsions.[6]<\/p>\n Attorney Jonathan Emord, who has challenged the FDA\u2019s approval processes, stated: \u201cAll patients who receive ECT suffer memory loss and cognitive impairment\u2026 many forgetting much of their lives before treatment.\u201d A 2020 peer-reviewed review concluded ECT has \u201cno place in evidence-based medicine.\u201d[12]<\/p>\n Brain-Altering Experiments in Disguise<\/strong><\/p>\n Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)<\/strong>: Electrodes are surgically implanted into the brain, powered by a device in the chest.<\/p>\n Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS)<\/strong>: Electrical stimulation delivered via electrodes wrapped around the vagus nerve near the heart.<\/p>\n Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)<\/strong>: Magnetic pulses are aimed at the brain over six weeks.<\/p>\n New variants\u2014rTMS, iTBS, cTBS\u2014deliver hundreds of brain pulses per session with unknown long-term risks.<\/p>\n No Proof of Disease, No Justification for Devices<\/strong><\/p>\n Despite the sophistication of these procedures, there is still no objective medical test to diagnose any psychiatric disorder. No blood test. No brain scan. No biomarker.[19]<\/p>\n Dr. Thomas Insel, former director of the National Institute for Mental Health advised: \u201cUnlike our definitions of ischemic heart disease, lymphoma, or AIDS, the DSM [Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders] diagnoses are based on a consensus\u2026 not any objective laboratory measure.\u201d[20]<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not the patient that\u2019s resistant\u2014it\u2019s the system that\u2019s resistant to accountability,\u201d Eastgate said. \u201cIn any other field, if the intervention failed, the treatment would be reevaluated. But psychiatry doubles down, pushing more dangerous interventions instead.\u201d<\/p>\n CCHR urges policymakers to:<\/em><\/p>\n CCHR<\/a>, established in 1969 by the Church of Scientology and psychiatrist Dr. Thomas Szasz has a record of reforms that include banning lethal Deep Sleep Treatment, outlawing ECT use on children in several U.S. states, and securing global recognition for patient rights. Today, the United Nations and WHO echo what CCHR has long fought for: coercion has no place in mental health care.<\/p>\n\n
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