Synopsis: The Most Barbaric Medical Treatment Still Being Used Today
In this eye-opening video, Dr. Eric Berg explores the unsettling reality of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), one of the most controversial treatments in mental health care. Despite being labeled barbaric and outdated, ECT remains prevalent as a treatment for depression and other mental illnesses, costing patients between $2,000 and $2,500 per session. Notably, it’s covered by Medicaid and Medicare, creating a multi-billion dollar industry.
Dr. Berg reveals how ECT has never been scientifically proven effective, lacking double-blind placebo trials. Alarmingly, it’s performed on vulnerable populations, including children and pregnant women, with the UN condemning it as a human rights abuse. The treatment involves administering 150 volts to induce a seizure, but comes with severe side effects, including potential brain damage, memory loss, and increased risk of suicide.
Drawing from personal insights, Dr. Berg advocates for alternative, holistic approaches to mental health, emphasizing diet and lifestyle changes as safer options. He urges viewers to sign a petition against ECT, calling for an end to this widely accepted yet ethically contentious practice.
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Stop this barbaric treatment! Sign the petition here: https://stopect.com/email-congress
This barbaric medical treatment is still being used to treat depression and mental illness in the US. Find out about the dangerous side effects of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), one of the most controversial mental health treatments that exists. You won’t believe they’re still doing this!
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0:00 Introduction: ECT for depression
0:41 Electroshock treatment background
2:11 Is ECT dangerous?
2:23 What is electroconvulsive therapy?
4:22 More side effects of electroconvulsive therapy
4:38 Trauma from electroshock therapy
This barbaric mental health therapy costs around $2000 to $2500 per treatment, and is covered by Medicaid, Medicare, and the VA system. It’s a multibillion-dollar market! The average treatment plan includes 12 sessions in the first month, followed by maintenance sessions every 3 weeks.
This treatment has never been scientifically proven to work! There have been no official trials, and it has even been performed on children and pregnant women. The UN calls this treatment a human rights abuse and compares this forced treatment on minors to torture. In China, it’s actually used as a form of torture.
In addition, this treatment has never been FDA-approved and was merely grandfathered in. In 2018, the FDA downgraded it from a high-risk classification to a moderate-risk classification. This dangerous treatment causes structural brain damage, creates swelling and inflammation in the brain, and even kills brain cells.
Electroconvulsive therapy involves putting 150 volts through a person’s brain to induce a grand mal seizure. ECT treatment comes with many side effects, has 60 documented adverse events, and can cause permanent brain damage, memory loss, and heart attacks.
This treatment uses enough energy to stop the heart, and there is nothing stopping the voltage from traveling to the rest of the body. This can lead to cardiac arrest! People who use this treatment are also at an increased risk of suicide.
I’ve seen firsthand in practice that people who’ve had this treatment lose their personality, humor, creativity, and more. ECT treatment can lead to death, destruction of cells and mitochondria, and shrinking of the hippocampus. Neurologist Dr. John Feinberg noted in 1977 that ECT caused structural brain damage, indistinguishable from head trauma.
If you have depression, diet and lifestyle changes may help. Increasing vitamin D levels, B-vitamin levels, and omega-3 levels, along with a low-carb diet and intermittent fasting, can significantly improve your symptoms.
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Dr. Berg, age 60, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals and author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.
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Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients, so he can focus on educating people as a full-time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose, and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, prescription, or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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Thanks for watching! I hope you’ll sign the petition against electroconvulsive therapy. I’ll see you in the next video.
Video “The Most Barbaric Medical Treatment Still Being Used Today” was uploaded on 11/22/2025 to Youtube Channel Dr. Eric Berg DC