US EditionNational Coalition Demands FDA Ban Electroshock Devices and Congress End ECT
The coalition cites up to 55% of recipients suffer brain damage or memory loss and calls for stricter FDA oversight or a ban on electroconvulsive therapy devices.
- Stop ECT Coalition launched a nationwide campaign from Los Angeles, Calif. on Dec. 9, 2025 urging the FDA and U.S. Congress to review ECT device classification.
- Regulatory history shows ECT devices were grandfathered, bypassing Premarket Approval requirements, and regulators later reclassified them to lower-risk despite manufacturers refusing to conduct PMA studies.
- Technically, ECT delivers up to 460 volts through the brain to trigger seizures while clinicians and psychiatrists concede the procedure's mechanism is unknown; court and expert findings cite memory loss affecting up to 55% of recipients.
- The Stop ECT Coalition urged the new FDA Commissioner and lawmakers to review ECT device classification, supported by a citizen petition from attorney Jonathan Emord, while the FDA defended current warnings.
- The coalition highlights that some jurisdictions ban ECT and notes the classification allowed ECT for children as young as five, while California and Texas have bans and the FDA holds authority under 21 U.S.C. §360f to ban risky devices.
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National Coalition Demands FDA Ban Electroshock Devices and Congress End ECT
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Dec. 9, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The newly formed Stop ECT Coalition, representing hundreds of thousands of individuals, has launched a nationwide campaign urging review of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s 2018 rule on electroconvulsive therapy…
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