Testimony of Sarah Price Hancock, MS, CRC, - Bill SB898 Public Health Hearings, Conneticuit - a podcast by Jane Rice

Connecticut Public Health Hearings on SB898 ECT, February 1st, 2023

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2023SB-00898-R00-SB.PDF (ct.gov)

2021 Senate Bill 898 (wisconsin.gov)

Public Health Committee Public Hearing - YouTube

The state of Connecticut held public hearings on several bills that would impact forced electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in that state.

This is the testimony of Sarah Price Hancock, MS, CRC, regarding a new ECT bill in Connecticut that extends the timeframe a patient deemed unable to consent can be forcibly given electroshock and eliminates the probate court process. 

Sarah lived for nearly two decades, misdiagnosed with severe “treatment resistant” mental illness. She was given 116 bilateral ECT treatments and now lives with Delayed Electrical Injury’s Myoneural Disorder.

Sarah holds a Master’s in Rehabilitation Counseling and taught for four years in San Diego State University’s Rehabilitation Counseling program. She also hosts The Emotional Self-Reliance Podcast and guest lectures on psychiatric recovery.

She founded a newly formed nonprofit, The Ionic Injury Foundation, with a focus on electrical injury research.

Learn how you can participate in electrical injury research.

Learn about Sarah’s campaign to ensure those harmed by ECT get the help they need and future ECT patients are protected through standardization and regulation.

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