Shock Therapy for 14-Year-Olds

Shock therapy for 14-year-olds
ECT, which is used in rare cases to treat severe depression, is one of the most contentious aspects of the Mental Health Bill being debated in Parliament, with the plan to allow 14-year-olds to consent to treatment attracting widespread calls for it to …
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PTSD among veterans: Camp Hill family hopes others learn from soldier son's
Called “soldier's heart” during the Civil War and later “shell shock” and “battle fatigue” in the First and Second World Wars, PTSD was included in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1980 …
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Battling the shock of war
His diagnosis came as a shock — post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD. "Your average 18-, 19- or 20-year old is not … They are the newest generation of combat veterans with invisible wounds, plagued by a complex condition that for decades has defied …
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