May 20, 2015
1.5 clinical practice CEUs;
& 0.5 ethics CEUs from NASW
Rethinking Psychiatry presents electroshock survivors Deborah Schwartzkopff and Jason Kalendak as they open to view this highly controversial psychiatric treatment.
In this powerful presentation, you will:
- Relate signs/symptoms of electroshock with what survivors live with
- Learn who is most impacted by electroshock
- Recognize the ethical and human-rights concerns around informed consent & coercive treatment
- Identify alternatives to electroshock.
Deborah Schwartzkopff worked 25 years as a Registered Nurse. She survived 66 bilateral electroshock treatments at local hospitals. She has been an activist since 2011, and founded ECTJustice, an electroshock survivors group.
