On March 22, 2016, from 9-11PM Eastern, call (267) 521-0167 The rule proposed is that for people who are 18 years of age and older, who experience a “depressive episode” as part of “major depressive disorder” or “bipolar disorder” and are “treatment-resistant” or “require rapid response” that the “probable benefit of ECT outweighs these risks” (p. 81228). We have less than one week left to say #FDAStopTheShockDevice. For more information and to sign the MindFreedom International Petition that has over 1,000 supporters see: https://www.change.org/p/fda-stop-fda-from-down-classifying-the-shock-device-to-a-class-ii-device-stop-shock-treatment To read about the FDAs latest move to down classify see: http://www.madinamerica.com/2016/02/40-days-to-tell-the-fdastoptheshockdevice http://www.madinamerica.com/2015/12/shock-device-safe-as-eyeglasses-89-days-to-say-no/e Watch this powerful video: ECT Destroys Life produced by Aftershock: Life After ECT here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyi32-slxUk
