http://mprcenter.org/blog/2009/01/27/as-we-close-guantanamo-remember-milgrams-studies/ The psychology of mass media, social media, and emerging communication technologies Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:37:22 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://mprcenter.org/blog/2009/01/27/as-we-close-guantanamo-remember-milgrams-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-546 Dr. Pamela Rutledge Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:20:22 +0000 http://mprcenter.org/blog/?p=289#comment-546 Hi Gabrielle, Thanks for your comment. I'm so sorry to hear that your friend has become incapacitated from her depression treatment. It sounds as if her depression was quite serious. This is one of many cases where the media has not done mental health care a favor. Shock therapy, or more properly, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), is not the "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" image that many people have, nor is it a "quick fix." The mental health profession has a much better (but not perfect) understanding of the role of biology in depression. Shock treatment can be a valuable treatment when depression is severe or the patient is suicidal and medication and therapy do not work. You can read a good overview at Web MD http://www.webmd.com/depression/guide/electroconvulsive-therapy. Alternative therapies, such as yoga or hypnosis, can also help some people. Hi Gabrielle,
Thanks for your comment. I’m so sorry to hear that your friend has become incapacitated from her depression treatment. It sounds as if her depression was quite serious. This is one of many cases where the media has not done mental health care a favor. Shock therapy, or more properly, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), is not the “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” image that many people have, nor is it a “quick fix.” The mental health profession has a much better (but not perfect) understanding of the role of biology in depression. Shock treatment can be a valuable treatment when depression is severe or the patient is suicidal and medication and therapy do not work. You can read a good overview at Web MD http://www.webmd.com/depression/guide/electroconvulsive-therapy. Alternative therapies, such as yoga or hypnosis, can also help some people.

]]> http://mprcenter.org/blog/2009/01/27/as-we-close-guantanamo-remember-milgrams-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-544 Gabrielle Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:49:53 +0000 http://mprcenter.org/blog/?p=289#comment-544 You are absolutely right! I have a friend who over the course of several years became more depressed than anyone could help her with, then she opted for shock treatment, still done in some mental hospitals. Over the course of a year, she definitely left depression behind and now acts as if she has had a lobotomy. Where are we going as people, really? You are absolutely right! I have a friend who over the course of several years became more depressed than anyone could help her with, then she opted for shock treatment, still done in some mental hospitals. Over the course of a year, she definitely left depression behind and now acts as if she has had a lobotomy. Where are we going as people, really?

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