Somebody asked "How much does a course of ECT cost?" That's not an easy question to answer as there are a lot of variables, including that we live in inflationary times. In Brisbane, electricity has gone from 25c/kwh in July 2022 to 38.5c last week, 54% increase in 13 months. That's pretty amazing considering power in Qld is generated from coal and natural gas, which are sold on fixed, long-term contracts. The spot price for fossil fuels has been up and down (blame the Russians for blowing up their Nordstream pipeline they'd just finished at a cost of $12billion) but the contract price hasn't budged. Meantime, a large pack of Metamucil has jumped from $24.00 to $44.00; a 1kg pack of powdered milk, previously $5.80 is now a nice round $10.00; and Tasmanian salmon today was $44.00/kg, up from $26.00 two years ago.
If it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere committing insidious evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being . And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart ? The Gulag Archipelago
How do we move forward in the face of wanton greed? I really don’t think I’ve ever been caught up in a cohort as ‘evil’ (I know that’s not the right word) as psychiatry. they must honestly think they are doing good. I am left in despair. How do we ‘arrest their development’ ? Who do we write to? What groups do we join. I feel so small reading the obscene profits this sector (I won’t mention profession here) Any ideas Dr McLaren?
How very dispiriting. How do we protect people who have fallen on hard times from this barbarity. My daughter had to have a diagnosis, any diagnosis, so she could have a little bit more time to gather her thoughts. Her diagnosis according to the psychiatrist she saw is ADHD which is synonymous with stimulant medication ie Dexamphetamine. Unclear how to navigate from here- had ect myself circa 10 years- worse thing ever did
Thank you Dr McLaren for your integrity and righteousness. I never thought in looking of the ECT financial gains for Pharma psychiatrist and health practionioners, and in between. I do think is terrifying that Australia is in it! In UK the businesses spreads to lawyers, courts and social worker and of course NHS hospital managers!!! I do not know what we need to do to wake up the families and the rest of the society to this horrible psychiatric treatments still in the 21 st century when AI and other technologies are around the corner, is hard to believe those humans can still be guided by financial games to a point that shows their souls in a prehistoric level of evolution.. May G_d protect you and continue giving you the power to safe lives, because is thanks of souls like you there are possibilities of changing these horrendous abuse on people that cannot defend themselves❤️💙💚🌹
Inflation anybody?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
If it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere committing insidious evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being . And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart ? The Gulag Archipelago
How do we move forward in the face of wanton greed? I really don’t think I’ve ever been caught up in a cohort as ‘evil’ (I know that’s not the right word) as psychiatry. they must honestly think they are doing good. I am left in despair. How do we ‘arrest their development’ ? Who do we write to? What groups do we join. I feel so small reading the obscene profits this sector (I won’t mention profession here) Any ideas Dr McLaren?
Mrs Jinks
How very dispiriting. How do we protect people who have fallen on hard times from this barbarity. My daughter had to have a diagnosis, any diagnosis, so she could have a little bit more time to gather her thoughts. Her diagnosis according to the psychiatrist she saw is ADHD which is synonymous with stimulant medication ie Dexamphetamine. Unclear how to navigate from here- had ect myself circa 10 years- worse thing ever did
Thank you Dr McLaren for your integrity and righteousness. I never thought in looking of the ECT financial gains for Pharma psychiatrist and health practionioners, and in between. I do think is terrifying that Australia is in it! In UK the businesses spreads to lawyers, courts and social worker and of course NHS hospital managers!!! I do not know what we need to do to wake up the families and the rest of the society to this horrible psychiatric treatments still in the 21 st century when AI and other technologies are around the corner, is hard to believe those humans can still be guided by financial games to a point that shows their souls in a prehistoric level of evolution.. May G_d protect you and continue giving you the power to safe lives, because is thanks of souls like you there are possibilities of changing these horrendous abuse on people that cannot defend themselves❤️💙💚🌹