Church Abuse, Drugs and E.C.T.

Church Abuse, Drugs and E.C.T.. £ Victim of Church and State By Dr Rosaleen O'Brien. ISBN: Published:
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God help all fellow survivors and perhaps one day Ireland will accept the terrible price we paid. Shame on all you right thinking residents in Ireland to allow the government and Catholic Church to ignore harm done to me and many others who are either dead or too ill to tell their story. Thanks to Chipmunkapublishing I have been able to confront my demons and a Big Thank you to Reatha my trauma counsellor without her I would not be here today writing about my stolen life.

Farmers had not done well financially, bearing in mind the collapse of the American economy, which was felt worldwide.

Cattle were declining in numbers in Ireland, though in the case of pigs and horses, numbers were improving. By poultry figures were increasing to nearly six million. The same applied to the pig market.


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Bread rationing was introduced in and in Ireland saw the wettest summer ever, and most of the wheat crops failed. A severe winter followed and fuel supplies were scarce.

I was about to enter into the world and did I not pay a price? Back then if you were poorer than most, babies and the very young were put to sleep in wooden boxes, like drawers of a dressing table, and covered up with a rough blanket. Food was scarce and a slice of fried, hard, home baked bread with herrings on top was considered a treat.


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  7. That is what I was eating when a rat approached and challenged me for my food, the rat won and he has the proof, I have the mark of his teeth on my forefinger. I was under the age of five and there was blood everywhere, I screamed and scared not only our family but the neighbours also.

    We lived in a council cottage and there were missing floorboards everywhere.

    Why the council charged rent I will never know, but the rent collector called regularly. The worst of all was being left alone most of the time without supervision or care. Mollie was left to look after me while mother stayed away for weeks at a time in a convent praying, and any money that we might have had was given to the nuns. I developed Rickets and now as I look back it is apparent to me that this disease is usually caused by malnutrition and lack of sunlight.

    ECT used as a threat in hospitals in 1950s

    I was bent double and found my arms too heavy; it was so worrying as no one else suffered from this awful disease. Mother did beat me with a stick because I could not walk straight, and she tied a raincoat belt to form a support to get me to walk straight. Let me just warn you however, that I had ECT.

    It wiped out over a year and a half of memories. I do not remember being at events or doing things. It mad me act impulsively and not at all like the moral person I believe I am.

    Dr Rosaleen O'Brien (Author of Church Abuse, Drugs and E.C.T.)

    A year and a half. And, it absolutely tangentially affected memories outside of that year and a half. I took pills—klonopin. I meant to die that night. By the Grace of God I did not damage myself permanently…. I did all the research.

    Church Abuse, Drugs and E.C.T.

    I had good doctors. While I am not by any means a source of Catholic authority on the matter, I am a Catholic and I work with people suffering from mental illness. My experience with Catholic clergy on the matter of mental illness is in line with most of society, ie.

    ECTs are part of the tools used to treat severe depression. I did look around the Web a bit and found this article, which appeared in the National Catholic Reporter, What I wish people knew about depression. In fact, arguably, Roman Catholic culture is harsh if not sadistic, and this has been the case for many centuries.

    ECT has been used as a punishment in the mental illness industry, and despite the denials of the current authorities on the matter, it causes brain damage. In addition, the church runs many hospitals with mental wards, and thus, is foursquare behind Psychiatry without criticism thereof of any kind. The church has never said anything about it. Mental illness happens and people need treatment. One of my relatives had ECT years ago.

    ECT’s origins in the 1930s

    It wiped out a lot of her memory. If you are talking about electroconvulsive therapy as a medical treatment, the Church has no opinion. This page may be out of date.