Behavior Modification
 

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I'm shocked this type of therapy is being used!

Putting electro shock collars on mentally disabled/disturbed people? That's torturing them. :mad:

Hell, people do it to their dogs. Why not to their kids? http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/images/smilies/wtf.gif

John

It was not that long ago when electro shock therapy was used in mental hospitals. In fact there was one here in MD that worked closely with a psychiatrist in the Royal Victoria hospital in Montreal. My former MIL (rest her soul) worked there at the Royal Vic.

I would like Tom Joad to schedule an appointment.

"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

Electroconvulsive therapy was different. That made permanent changes to the "wiring" in your brain. This is "operant conditioning", a learned response to a stimulus.

John

I realize that John but the problem was that they never knew beforehand what the changes would be or whether they would be positive. It was like having someone operate a switchboard blindfolded. I don't consider the idea of using similar devices for 'behaviour modification' to be any more sensible let alone that it is also barbaric.

Some electro shock devices are useful as we well know having had our Son's AF rate of 225BPM reduced to 70BPM when he had that last attack using the paddles. The ten days of tests and corrective action taken appear to have worked since he has been attack free since then.

I had a neighbor who used to walk her two boys on a leash. She also yelled at them and bossed them around constantly, but didn't believe in spanking......because it's "cruel".

I imagine this device was made for such people.

Dave

Hope she doesn't ever get the idea of using the dog shock collars on 'em....

Well, it was long ago. I imagine they've grown and left the nest.......

Unless mother decided that was "unsafe" and forbade them to leave. Which wouldn't surprise me either.

Dave