Putting a Stop to Shock: A Major Legal Victory – Dec 5, 2018

“And the meek shall inherit the Earth.”

Join us in a celebration of the major legal victory just announced against electroshock device manufacturers!

Rethinking Psychiatry presents electroshock survivors Deborah Schwartzkopff and Michael Sturman.  Find out…

  • What is electroconvul sive therapy/ECT?
  • Why women and elders are more likely to be given shock treatment?
  • How “fully safe and painless” is modern shock treatment?
  • What does the court ruling mean for thousands of victims living with aftereffects of shock?

Deborah Schwartzkopff

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 is founder of ECTJustice.com.

Michael Sturman

Michael Sturman has an M.A. in psychology from the University of Detroit (1969) and practiced psychology for over thirty years in a number of settings. At sixteen he was a patient at a state hospital in Michigan where he received 20-30 bilateral electroshock treatments, and underwent a long and difficult road to recovery. He is now retired, and lives in Eugene, Oregon.

Wednesday, December 5, 2018, 7-9 PM
New Location!
Montavilla United Methodist Church
232 SE 80th Avenue, Portland, OR 97215
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FREE! (Donations Welcome $0 – $20 suggested)
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