Despite protests calling for a ban on the treatment, electroshock therapy is frequently used by Canadian psychiatrists to treat severe depression. The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) estimates that last year, the procedure, which dates back to 1938 and involves passing electrical currents though the brain to trigger seizures, was used...

NEARLY two-thirds of female patients surveyed in psychiatric wards in Victoria have been sexually abused or harassed by male patients, new figures show. A report by the Victorian Women and Mental Health Network has also revealed that 70% of mental health staff surveyed by the group knew the abuse and harassment was occurring in public hospital wards. A further...

Mark this down on your calenders and if you could, please arrive and help support the cause :) The International Campaign to Ban Electroshock (ICBE) is holding a peaceful protest against the use of electroshock on Sunday, May 11th from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Parliament Hill meeting at the Centennial Flame For more information go to http://badpsych.com/20...

I wonder if sexually molesting your patients is a new form of therapy? go here for more http://badpsych.com/2008/05/09/psychiatrist-anthony-nappi-accused-of-misconduct-and-inappropriately-touched-female-patients/

It=92s good to see the Legislature putting pressure on the Department of Human Services to expedite the release of psychiatric patients and developmentally disabled residents who don=92t require institutionalization from state psychiatric hospitals. Now let=92s see some action. At an Assembly budget committee hearing Tuesday, lawmakers criticized the...

Say goodbye to benzodiazepines and say hello to Anti-psychotics! For more go to http://badpsych.com/2008/05/08/astra-seeks-us-okay-for-seroquel-xr-in-anxiety/

AUSTIN =97 More than 70 employees at Texas=92 10 state mental hospitals have been fired and dozens others disciplined since 2005 over allegations of brutal beatings and other physical abuse, according to a newspaper report. For more go to http://badpsych.com/2008/05/06/records-show-abuse-violence-in-texas-state-me= ntal-hospitals/

Psychiatry wants to add internet addiction to the DSM and make it an official mental disorder. They want to add chatting, sexy girls and video games as types of addiction. For more go to http://badpsych.com/2008/05/05/internet-addiction-gaming-porn-chat-psychology-w-shannon/

The International Campaign to Ban Electroshock (ICBE) is holding a peaceful protest against the use of electroshock on Sunday, May 11th from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Parliament Hill meeting at the Centennial Flame For more information go to http://badpsych.com/2008/05/04/electroshock-protest-in-ottawa/

(LifeSiteNews.com) - The eminent Spanish psychiatrist Enrique Rojas gave a speech yesterday in Buenos Aires declaring that homosexuality is =93a clinical process that has an etiology, pathogeny, treatment, and cure=94. For more go to http://badpsych.com/2008/05/01/psychiatrist-says-ho= mosexuality-is-a-disorder-that-can-be-cured/