Comments on: Back to Stalinism? http://www.transatlanticpolitics.com/2007/07/29/back-to-stalinism/ A fresh look at the thorns between the USA and the EU Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:40:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: blogengeezer http://www.transatlanticpolitics.com/2007/07/29/back-to-stalinism/#comment-50 blogengeezer Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:22:56 +0000 http://www.transatlanticpolitics.com/2007/07/29/back-to-stalinism/#comment-50 I believe this is a good thing for 'all' people taking a 'drivers licence test'. Just think of how, afterwards, they will think twice before yelling and throwing obscene gestures at other motorists. Of course we would probably have very reserved Cab drivers after this 'treatment'. http://daflikkers.blogspot.com/ I believe this is a good thing for ‘all’ people taking a ‘drivers licence test’. Just think of how, afterwards, they will think twice before yelling and throwing obscene gestures at other motorists. Of course we would probably have very reserved Cab drivers after this ‘treatment’. http://daflikkers.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Assistant Village Idiot http://www.transatlanticpolitics.com/2007/07/29/back-to-stalinism/#comment-49 Assistant Village Idiot Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:29:14 +0000 http://www.transatlanticpolitics.com/2007/07/29/back-to-stalinism/#comment-49 jaed, I agree. I do not know of legitimate uses for ECT on children. As I noted, I have no trouble believing that Russian authorities have misused and are now again misusing psychiatric treatment for political intimidation. I simply want to knock back the very common idea that ECT = quackery = torture. I have worked in acute psychiatric settings for thirty years and have seen remarkable, lifesaving improvements many times from ECT. It is not always effective. Sometimes the side effects are too great to continue. But it's a great treatment in its proper place. While this information is disquieting, I would reserve final judgment on it. Many involuntary psychiatric admissions in any country claim they are being treated unjustly and do not have an illness. Sometimes it is true, of course, particularly under repressive regimes. But I do not immediately take it at face value. jaed, I agree. I do not know of legitimate uses for ECT on children. As I noted, I have no trouble believing that Russian authorities have misused and are now again misusing psychiatric treatment for political intimidation. I simply want to knock back the very common idea that ECT = quackery = torture. I have worked in acute psychiatric settings for thirty years and have seen remarkable, lifesaving improvements many times from ECT. It is not always effective. Sometimes the side effects are too great to continue. But it’s a great treatment in its proper place.

While this information is disquieting, I would reserve final judgment on it. Many involuntary psychiatric admissions in any country claim they are being treated unjustly and do not have an illness. Sometimes it is true, of course, particularly under repressive regimes. But I do not immediately take it at face value.

]]> By: John Costello http://www.transatlanticpolitics.com/2007/07/29/back-to-stalinism/#comment-48 John Costello Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:38:20 +0000 http://www.transatlanticpolitics.com/2007/07/29/back-to-stalinism/#comment-48 For information on Brezhnevite mental health tortures check out the works of Zhores Medvedev (Twin brother of the historian Roy Medvedev.) Electroconvulsive 'therapy' to ' cure' a sane person of 'anti-social' beliefs, as well as drugs that simply produce pain and the feeling of a coronary, were the standard methods at the time. For information on Brezhnevite mental health tortures check out the works of Zhores Medvedev (Twin brother of the historian Roy Medvedev.) Electroconvulsive ‘therapy’ to ‘ cure’ a sane person of ‘anti-social’ beliefs, as well as drugs that simply produce pain and the feeling of a coronary, were the standard methods at the time.

]]> By: jaed http://www.transatlanticpolitics.com/2007/07/29/back-to-stalinism/#comment-47 jaed Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:14:15 +0000 http://www.transatlanticpolitics.com/2007/07/29/back-to-stalinism/#comment-47 Mrph. The article seems to specify children; are you aware of presently accepted clinical practices that allow the use of ECT on children? (I do know it can be helpful in adults, at least in extreme cases, but I don't think I've heard of it being used legitimately on children.) Mrph. The article seems to specify children; are you aware of presently accepted clinical practices that allow the use of ECT on children? (I do know it can be helpful in adults, at least in extreme cases, but I don’t think I’ve heard of it being used legitimately on children.)

]]> By: Chasovschik http://www.transatlanticpolitics.com/2007/07/29/back-to-stalinism/#comment-46 Chasovschik Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:47:17 +0000 http://www.transatlanticpolitics.com/2007/07/29/back-to-stalinism/#comment-46 That would be Brezhnevizm actually. In Stalin's society careless journalists were treated differently. Psychiatric methods belong to post-Stalin USSR. That would be Brezhnevizm actually. In Stalin’s society careless journalists were treated differently. Psychiatric methods belong to post-Stalin USSR.

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