Jonathan Sadowsky, the Theodore J. Castele Professor of Medical History at Case Western Reserve University, has published a new book… Read more Book announcement – Electroconvulsive Therapy in America: The Anatomy of a Medical Controversy
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Dissertations – Electroconvulsive Therapy and Its Devices
Max Gawlich: “Electroconvulsive Therapy and Its Devices” In 1939 a wave of enthusiasm swept through the asylums of Europe. Machines… Read more Dissertations – Electroconvulsive Therapy and Its Devices
Some Reflections on Electroconvulsive Therapy, Past and Present
The online magazine Psychiatric Times features an exchange between two respected psychiatrists on the history and status of electroconvulsive therapy… Read more Some Reflections on Electroconvulsive Therapy, Past and Present
ECT and LSD
Two items of interest appeared in the news today, concerning two very different approaches to mental illness and its treatment.… Read more ECT and LSD