Are undergoing electric Shock Treatment in growing numbers. Now known as electroconvulsive therapy, or ect, the controversial treatment is being used on severely autistic children who self harm. The bbc has been given access to film a child being treated using ect. Our worlds chris rogers meets parents who say the treatment is helping their children and the critics who say it is barbaric. A warning that the following programme shows children self harming and undergoing electroconvulsive therapy. Some viewers may find these images upsetting. 16 year old jonah is about to have electroconvulsive therapy, ect, today, in america. We are doing bilateral Electrode Placement at 20 . Our cameras have been invited for the first time to film this controversial treatment on a child. Modern ect is a very simple, quick, safe procedure. Some call for a total ban on ect for children. Its traumatic brain injury, very much like somebody whos just endured a severe concussion. Butjonahs mother, amy, is ca
Are undergoing electric Shock Treatment in growing numbers. Now known as electroconvulsive therapy, or ect, the controversial treatment is being used on severely autistic children who self harm. The bbc has been given access to film a child being treated using ect. Our worlds chris rogers meets parents who say the treatment is helping their children and the critics who say it is barbaric. A warning that the following programme shows children self harming and undergoing electroconvulsive therapy. Some viewers may find these images upsetting. 16 year old jonah is about to have electroconvulsive therapy, ect, today, in america. We are doing bilateral Electrode Placement at 20 . Our cameras have been invited for the first time to film this controversial treatment on a child. Modern ect is a very simple, quick, safe procedure. Some call for a total ban on ect for children. Its traumatic brain injury, very much like somebody whos just endured a severe concussion. Butjonahs mother, amy, is ca
And give your brain a boost. The simple ingredient found in some of the tastiest treats that could improve your memory. Health reporter Stephanie Stahl shows you how to reverse the cognitive clock. Those stories and more are straight ahead but we begin with a dreary and foggy night across the region. Good evening everyone, im jessica dean. Im ukee washington. Its a busy weekend and the weather is top of mine. Lets get right to meteorologist kate bilo tracking when the rain will move out and when we might finally see some sun. Kate. I think were all really sick and tired of this weather. Its been 10 days now of cloud cover in philadelphia and today may have been the worst one yet. Not only did we have the clouds but over an inch of rain fell the plants are loving it. Us humans not so much. Were ready for the sun and all thanks to this upper level storm system at least the weather the past couple of days has been sitting and dominating the weather pattern over our region and even still t
But over an inch of rain fell the plants are loving it. Us humans not so much. Were ready for the sun and all thanks to this upper level storm system at least the weather the past couple of days has been sitting and dominating the weather pattern over our region and even still tonight, weve got pockets of light to moderate rain pushing through the philadelphia area especially the north and west suburbs right now chester county, Montgomery County into berks county all moving to the west and it is weakening overnight. We do expect this to kind of taper off by morning but you can see through the next couple of hours at least some scattered rain and drizzle areas of fog not the best conditions out on the roads and in addition to that it is down right chilly with temperatures only in the low 50s and 40s in some spots. I do have better news as we head through the weekend. Looks like it may clear out for your mothers day plans. Ill tell when you the sun yesterday time of the weekend will be c
Function as a team, because it was basically we lost everything in this house fire that happened just as they were turning into teenagers. What year was that . Around 20002001. So it was an interesting experience. And for them to also be on the side of people donating things to us. It was a really unusual experience where weve been on the other side of the gift giving in the past. And we had to work through recreating our physical lives. I think we all learned that stuff doesnt really matter, that its really all about people. It was an incredible lesson. Not that id ever recommend it to anybody, but it was an incredible life lesson. You were a single mother but what was the impact on a teenager with that fire and what would be the impact on an adult . What would be the difference . Yeah, well. Stress has a greater impact on teenagers and that is one of many topics we talk about in the book. You know, they are surprisingly vulnerable to things that we might think, oh, theyre just resili