Gareth O'Callaghan: ECT is unsafe, say campaigners. So why is it still used in Irish hospitals?
New legislation may ban ECT for under-18s, but wider concerns over safety, memory loss and ethics remain unresolved in Ireland
Lou Reed wrote bitingly about the electro-convulsive therapy he was subjected to as a form of conversion therapy for his 'homosexual urges' when he was in his teens.
“That’s why I survived, because I still believe I’ve got something to say".
This is how Lou Reed described his life in conversation with American Songwriter magazine. Reed had a lot to say about life; his feelings are immortalised in his lyrics.
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