pete 2,494 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I was born at Lennox Castle. Nothing to do with mental illness though. It's just that they opened a maternity unit there. I was as well and I think someone else on here was as well unless it was you I am thinking of. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooponthewing 1,139 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 (edited) Electric shock therapy in those days and even up to recent times could be just awfull and very unproductive. We do still use it now and it's termed TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) and we use it in only very very severe cases which are way above my pay grade. You have to remember mental health has moved on a lot, however the stories I still hear from people who had friends, relatives or loved ones in "Gartloch" 70-90s are horrendous. Leverndale is another institution I can't comment on. It's not that the medicine or no how isn't there, it's funding guys. If you go private, you rarely find horror stories although they do happen. In the main I'm a science kinda guy and believe without question we have a lot to learn the mental health but have advanced greatly in the last 115 years, although not enough by a long way. Edited March 30, 2016 by cooponthewing 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,494 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Electric shock therapy in those days and even up to recent times could be just awfull and very unproductive. We do still use it now and it's termed TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) and we use it in only very very severe cases which are way above my pay grade. You have to remember mental health has moved on a lot, however the stories I still hear from people who had friends, relatives or loved ones in "Gartloch" 70-90s are horrendous. Leverndale is another institution I can't comment on. It's not that the medicine or no how isn't there, it's funding guys. If you go private, you rarely find horror stories although they do happen. In the main I'm a science kinda guy and believe without question we have a lot to learn the mental health but have advanced greatly in the last 115 years, although not enough by a long way. Did Ross hall hospital not have a great scandal a number of years ago and they were private. I can't remember what it was. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooponthewing 1,139 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I couldn't tell you mate? Anything in the field of mental health has ethically by law to be centred around informed consent, private or otherwise. I don't have all the answers, wish I did, I've no doubt mistakes are made. Don't want to offend anyone, it's a very important and emotional subject, and rightly so. Let's hope the progress continues was my only point. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooponthewing 1,139 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Unless of course it's taken out your hands legally and we could be here all night? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boabie 230 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I was as well and I think someone else on here was as well unless it was you I am thinking of. There must be someone else pete. Today was my first mention of it here. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,494 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 There must be someone else pete. Today was my first mention of it here. Then there is at least 3 of us loonies. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,050 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Then there is at least 3 of us loonies. There's literally hundreds of thousands of them up here! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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