Talk:List of people who have undergone electroconvulsive therapy

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This is an excellent presentation because it includes the failure of evidence.

Unfortunately, the opening description plainly violates the rules of science by asserting that electrovonvulsive therapy is "effective"

As the discussion, and literature, point out this assertion is plainly unsupportable.

rulesofscience Rulesofscience (talk) 18:45, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Removal of non-notable people

The removal of non-notable cases is bad because the list will be skewered Pro or Con depending on the judge of what is notable. Those damaged by ECT can not be notable, as what doctor is proud of his mistakes and publishes bad outcomes from his/her medical treatment? And those that are permanently damaged by ECT can not possibly complain. I think the notable case requirement should be very low, such as a newspaper article.--Mark v1.0 (talk) 14:00, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

Otherwise I could list all the notable cases of Donald Ewen Cameron who damaged many people. "Inside Montreal's House Of Horrors". Montreal Gazette. January 21, 1984 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B4oxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iaUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1416%2C93013 .--Mark v1.0 (talk) 14:06, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

• This page is currently nominated for deletion and so this is not a good time to disputing borderline cases. My intention, in doing some cleanup, was to remove entries which were not blue-links, i.e. there are no corresponding Wikipedia articles for those people. That's what I mean by notable - that the people are sufficiently well-documented that they have their own article. Andrew D. (talk) 14:10, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

please be careful Mark v1.0 it is very hard for anyone not involved in a given case to objectively judge if someone was actually damaged by it. It can be very clear if a given person views him or herself as having been damaged, but that is entirely different. And please avoid making objective statements about individual's treatment outcomes in Wikipedia's voice. Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 14:12, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

Yes I am careful Jytdog, because I only use references to published material. Like Mr Barry Hart who was unhappy with the ECT he received, sued and won a monetary compensation. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rDJWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nOcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1481%2C1082726 . --Mark v1.0 (talk) 14:27, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

In that case you can say "received damages" which is different. Jytdog (talk) 14:33, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

The criteria for inclusion, I think, should be that the person - or rather their ECT narrative - is notable in terms of the historical or the contemporary debate around this procedure. FiachraByrne (talk) 00:07, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

psychiatric survivor

Wrote the term "psychiatric survivor" on to the names of people who are described as such.--Mark v1.0 (talk) 12:35, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

nope, this is POV coatracked jargon to use in WP's voice - like describing someone as a RINO or as actually having chronic Lyme disease. Jytdog (talk) 15:59, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Each name that had "Psychiatric survivor" removed, has it written on their Wikipedia article, so Jytdog should go to each persons article and "correct" these * Linda Andre, Ted Chabasinski, and Leonard Roy Frank,as well.--Mark v1.0 (talk) 21:30, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

thanks I will get on that! Jytdog (talk) 06:42, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

Do you (Jytdog) deny there is a psychiatric survivor page?--Mark v1.0 (talk) 14:13, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

there is such an article, yes. It is described as an advocacy group. I would be OK with the content saying something like "identifies herself as a psychiatric survivor". Are you OK with that? Jytdog (talk) 16:59, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Like a psychiatrist is going to name someone a psychiatric survivor? What official body would name them "psychiatric survivors"?--Mark v1.0 (talk) 23:25, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

no, but it is also unlikely that the NY Times or any other reputable publisher would use a term like that in its own voice. i can live with it this way - can you? Would be good to settle on something we are both OK with. Jytdog (talk) 23:36, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Yes, I guess it is alright. --Mark v1.0 (talk) 02:53, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

ect.org

I think that ect.org is not a reliable source for who has had ECT (there are no refs provided, and ect.org is an SPS) and I intend to remove it is as a reference as well as any person whose inclusion here is supported by that source. I searched RSN and it has never been brought up there. If anyone disagrees, I will take it there first... please let me know.Jytdog (talk)

ECT.org is technically not a reliable source, but immediate deletion is not necessary as the reference is not malicious. We just need to know how Juli Lawrence confirmed her list and use that source.--Mark v1.0 (talk) 22:33, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

if it is not reliable, it is not reliable. We don't go digging into how sources function... Jytdog (talk) 22:38, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

You want a source ? Judy Garland https://books.google.ca/books?id=bH82F5w-Y04C&pg=PA534&lpg=PA534&dq=Judy+Garland+ECT&source=bl&ots=BCxwNO6Kzc&sig=PoeP2-RBYEQtup77aMuruF7f6Lo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r8ulVP_wDYGhNuCugtAL&ved=0CGYQ6AEwDw#v=onepage&q=Judy%20Garland%20ECT&f=false

Like I wrote, they just need another reference--Mark v1.0 (talk) 22:51, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

as ect.org is not reliable, they need a source. yes. Jytdog (talk) 22:53, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

So is it immediate deletion or will you give it a week?--Mark v1.0 (talk) 22:56, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Looks like it is already gone.--Mark v1.0 (talk) 22:57, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

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Samantha Shaffer

I never had an electroconvulsive therapy I wanted to. 2607:FB91:14AB:C239:2D2:894:FCC0:613C (talk) 00:07, 30 July 2023 (UTC)