"Depois de terem sido praticamente abandonados na década de 70, os impulsos eléctricos voltaram a a ser usados nos principais hospitais do País para tratar doentes psiquiátricos. Sobretudo nas depressões graves. Em três deles, Santa Maria, Amadora-Sintra e Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, ...
...a opinião do psiquiatra João Cabral Fernandes. "É um método grosseiro e desumano", alerta o especialista, sublinhando que por ser uma prática recorrente no Hospital Júlio de Matos...
...Já Maria Luísa Figueira, directora do serviço de psiquiatria do Santa Maria, garante que o método é eficaz."
Translation
"After having been virtually abandoned in the 70s, the electro shocks are back again, and in use in major hospitals in the country to treat psychiatric patients. Especially in severe depressions. Hospitals like Santa Maria, Amadora-Sintra and Coimbra University Hospitals...
...The opinion of the psychiatrist John Fernandes Cabral. "This method is crude and inhuman," warns the expert, that this is a common practice at the Hospital Julio de Matos ...
...however Dra. Maria Luisa Figueira, director of the psychiatric service of the Santa Maria, ensures that the method is effective. "
http://www.dn.pt/inicio/portugal/interior.aspx?content_id=1369718
...a opinião do psiquiatra João Cabral Fernandes. "É um método grosseiro e desumano", alerta o especialista, sublinhando que por ser uma prática recorrente no Hospital Júlio de Matos...
...Já Maria Luísa Figueira, directora do serviço de psiquiatria do Santa Maria, garante que o método é eficaz."
Translation
"After having been virtually abandoned in the 70s, the electro shocks are back again, and in use in major hospitals in the country to treat psychiatric patients. Especially in severe depressions. Hospitals like Santa Maria, Amadora-Sintra and Coimbra University Hospitals...
...The opinion of the psychiatrist John Fernandes Cabral. "This method is crude and inhuman," warns the expert, that this is a common practice at the Hospital Julio de Matos ...
...however Dra. Maria Luisa Figueira, director of the psychiatric service of the Santa Maria, ensures that the method is effective. "
http://www.dn.pt/inicio/portugal/interior.aspx?content_id=1369718
