so many people asked us about when we sentjonah to kennedy krieger when he was nine, and when we endedr, wasn't that such a hard, hard decision, and for me, it was, no, it was the only decision. we went into it very enthusiastically because it provided some hope that we would be able to provide something which might actually work, after all these failed attempts. many are far less enthusiastic. this hard—hitting campaign video is made by the citizens commission on human rights, a group founded by the church of scientology, who oppose most psychiatric treatment. some human rights organisations call for a total ban, especially for children. leading the fight against ect is dr peter breggin, who has long campaigned against the psychiatric establishment. after seeing for myself the desperation of sofija's situation, i want to know why he thinks ect should never be an option. it's traumatic brain injury, tbi. the electricity not only travels through the frontal lobes, because that's where the electrodes are, and that's the seat of intelligence and thoughtfulness and creativity and judgment,

in baltimore, sophia has been in the kennedy krieger neurobehavioural unit for seven months.octors give the go—ahead for ect. probably after the third or fourth treatment, we really started to see a marked improvement in her mood. and an additional 30 to 40% reductionjust in the sheer number of behaviours. and in september, having been in the unit all year, sophia is allowed home to live with her family. hello. hello, fellas! hi, sofia. hi. hi chris. hello! great to finally meet you. the family say they have seen a huge improvement. when she has behaviours, they are much shorter, much less intense. she used to have bursts of behaviours where she was aggressive, and hurting herself for hours. now it will be a matter of a few minutes for her to calm down. each week day, sophia has school lessons with a specially trained carer. my biggest concern was that she was going to lose quality of life, that she would have brain damage. now she is back to loving doing multiplication and division. who's that? a dog. when she started ect, she was doing zero academic work at all. good job. i