Electroconvulsive therapy in perspective, or a critique of electroshock

Authors

  • Vinicius Pinheiro de Magalhães Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Goiás (HC/UFG)
  • Larissa Daiane Vieira Barros Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v15i3.40010

Abstract

This essay sets out the guiding principles of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), a psychiatric medical procedure that consists of inducing seizures by administering electrical currents to the brain for therapeutic purposes. The purpose of the text is to weave an onto-epistemological critique of ECT and its theoretical-conceptual foundations in light of Psychiatric Reform and the Social Determination of Mental Health. It is a theoretical essay based on an extended literature review. We understand ECT to be a technique based on a narrow theoretical trend that is applied its users in the name of invasive intervention oriented to short- to medium-term action, the purpose of which is to control the bodies of historically vulnerable segments of society.

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Author Biographies

Vinicius Pinheiro de Magalhães, Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Goiás (HC/UFG)

Assistente Social. Mestre em Serviço Social. Assistente Social do Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Goiás. (HC-UFG, Goiânia, Brasil).

Larissa Daiane Vieira Barros, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)

Assistente Social. Doutora em Saúde Pública. Professora do Instituto de Psicologia, no curso de graduação em Serviço Social, da Universidade Federal da Bahia. (UFBA, Salvador, Brasil).

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Published

30-09-2023

How to Cite

Magalhães, V. P. de, & Barros, L. D. V. (2023). Electroconvulsive therapy in perspective, or a critique of electroshock. Argumentum, 15(3), 206–219. https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v15i3.40010

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 3 (2023): Mental health in times of crisis: im(pertinent) refletions

Section

Thematic Articles

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