Judge Jayne Jagot

“Murder,” “deaths,” “negligence,” “unethical and medical malpractice”—Australian Court Upholds Findings that “Deep Sleep Treatment” is a Psychiatric Horror

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It read like a horror movie script but it was a 279-page Australian Federal court judgment about a psychiatric hospital called “Chelmsford” and a lethal drug and electroshock (ECT) combo known as “Deep Sleep Treatment” (DST) practiced there. The November 25, 2020 decision roasted two former DST practitioners—one a deregistered psychiatrist—who had attempted to sue … Read more

Survivors of Lethal Drug & Shock Deep Sleep Therapy Vindicated After 30 Years

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An Australian judge’s condemnation of a dangerous psychiatric treatment linked to 48 deaths and once used in U.S. mind-control experiments, ignites new calls for a global ban on electroshock treatment. A recent finding by an Australian federal judge has vindicated hundreds of patients subjected to potentially lethal Deep Sleep Treatment (DST) involving heavy psychotropic drugs and … Read more