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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.
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
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 ...
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David John Impastato (January 8, 1903 – February 28, 1986) was an American neuropsychiatrist who pioneered the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the United States. A treatment for mental illness initially called "electroshock," ECT was developed in 1937 by Dr. Ugo Cerletti and Lucio Bini , working in Rome.
Ugo Cerletti (26 September 1877 – 25 July 1963) was an Italian neurologist who discovered the method of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) used in psychiatry. Electroconvulsive therapy is a therapy in which electric current is used to provoke a seizure for a short duration.
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 ...