Head of the Civilian Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) Tatyana Malchikova told socialbites.ca that since September 2023, at least two appeals have been received by the Civilian Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) regarding cases of the use of electric shocks in psychiatric hospitals in Moscow. .
“The two cases are young people between the ages of 18 and 35. A person was subjected to electric shock for a long time while he was voluntarily lying down. However, the second one was hospitalized against his will,” Malchikova said.
According to Malchikova, in both cases there is reason to believe that this is an illegal use of electric shock, since according to the WHO decree, informed consent of both the patient and his relatives must be obtained for this procedure.
“This procedure has numerous side effects and greatly affects memory, sometimes the person no longer knows where he is, the year, the month, the date, etc. Let me remind you that it causes Korsakoff syndrome, which he cannot name. Like Hemingway, who committed suicide after being subjected to 20 electric shocks. He stopped writing, forgot everything and shot himself at home with his favorite gun,” explained socialbites.ca’s interlocutor.
Read more about how anyone in Russia could be admitted to a psychiatric hospital and not be able to return, and Tatyana Moskalkova’s proposal to inform the Ministry of Internal Affairs about psychiatric diagnoses – in report “socialbites.ca”.
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