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Antique violet ray set with glass electrode (left) and control box. When energized, the glass emitted a violet glow (inset, center) Another electrode used with the same set. A violet ray is an antique medical appliance used during the early 20th century to discharge in electrotherapy .
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a controversial therapy used to treat certain mental illnesses such as major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, depressed bipolar disorder, manic excitement, and catatonia. [1] These disorders are difficult to live with and often very difficult to treat, leaving individuals suffering for long periods of time.
Electroconvulsive therapy machine on display at Glenside Museum in Bristol, England ECT device produced by Siemens and used for example at the Asyl psychiatric hospital in Kristiansand, Norway from the 1960s to the 1980s. The placement of electrodes, as well as the dose and duration of the stimulation is determined on a per-patient basis. [1]: 1881
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A portable Faradic battery by Philip Harris & Co. from 1913. A Faradic battery (or Faradic stimulator, or galvanic battery) was a device used in 19th and early 20th century medicine.
The Lima et al.'s (2013) [10] study offers a comprehensive systematic review of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for adolescents, concentrating on its efficacy, application criteria, and associated risks. Highlighting ECT's notable success in addressing diverse psychiatric conditions among adolescents, the study portrays it as a highly effective ...
A transgender woman in China won a landmark legal case against a hospital that subjected her to a so-called “electroshock conversion therapy” without consent, receiving 60,000 yuan (£6,552 ...