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 whether some anti inflammatory drugs might help certain patients. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. President trump has told the leaders of more than a0 Muslim Nations, they mustjoin forces to defeat religious extremism. He also said arab leaders had a responsibility to tackle violence in their own countries. Speaking in saudi arabia, on the second day of his tour of The Middle East and europe, he said extremists must find no sanctuary, and he accused iran of representing the tip of the spear of terrorism, helping to fuel sectarian conflict. This report from our North America editor jon sopel, who is travelling with the president. The president has been on a deep immersion into middle east politics today, and a charm offensive, meeting a host of arab and gulf leaders from across the region. And one central geopolitical subject, the fight against islamist extremism, and how to make good on his pledge to destroy so called islamic state. But after the trenchant and, some would say
And whether some anti inflammatory drugs might help certain patients. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. President trump has told the leaders of more than a0 Muslim Nations, they mustjoin forces to defeat religious extremism. He also said arab leaders had a responsibility to tackle violence in their own countries. Speaking in saudi arabia, on the second day of his tour of The Middle East and europe, he said extremists must find no sanctuary, and he accused iran of representing the tip of the spear of terrorism, helping to fuel sectarian conflict. This report from our North America editor jon sopel, who is travelling with the president. The president has been on a deep immersion into middle east politics today, and a charm offensive, meeting a host of arab and gulf leaders from across the region. And one central geopolitical subject, the fight against islamist extremism, and how to make good on his pledge to destroy so called islamic state. But after the trenchant and, some would say
And whether some anti inflammatory drugs might help certain patients. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. President trump has told the leaders of more than a0 Muslim Nations, they mustjoin forces to defeat religious extremism. He also said arab leaders had a responsibility to tackle violence in their own countries. Speaking in saudi arabia, on the second day of his tour of The Middle East and europe, he said extremists must find no sanctuary, and he accused iran of representing the tip of the spear of terrorism, helping to fuel sectarian conflict. This report from our North America editor jon sopel, who is travelling with the president. The president has been on a deep immersion into middle east politics today, and a charm offensive, meeting a host of arab and gulf leaders from across the region. And one central geopolitical subject, the fight against islamist extremism, and how to make good on his pledge to destroy so called islamic state. But after the trenchant and, some would say
And whether some anti inflammatory drugs might help certain patients. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. President trump has told the leaders of more than a0 Muslim Nations, they mustjoin forces to defeat religious extremism. He also said arab leaders had a responsibility to tackle violence in their own countries. Speaking in saudi arabia, on the second day of his tour of The Middle East and europe, he said extremists must find no sanctuary, and he accused iran of representing the tip of the spear of terrorism, helping to fuel sectarian conflict. This report from our North America editor jon sopel, who is travelling with the president. The president has been on a deep immersion into middle east politics today, and a charm offensive, meeting a host of arab and gulf leaders from across the region. And one central geopolitical subject, the fight against islamist extremism, and how to make good on his pledge to destroy so called islamic state. But after the trenchant and, some would say