Retrospectroscope. The origin of electroshock therapy for treatment of psychiatric illnesses.

Retrospectroscope. The origin of electroshock therapy for treatment of psychiatric illnesses.

There are several psychiatric illnesses that are difficult to treat with drugs. Among these are schizophrenia, manic depression, and profound depression; many of these may involve a tendency to suicide. In 1938 U. Cerletti conducted convulsive experiments on pigs using power-line current applied to...

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Pubblicato in:IEEE Engineering in medicine and biology magazine 21, 6 (2002).
Autore principale: Geddes, L.A
Natura: Articolo
Lingua:English
Soggetti:
U. Cerletti.
Cranially applied current.
Electroshock therapy.
Frontal lobes.
Manic depression.
Optimum brain targets.
Optimum targets.
Pigs.
Power-line current.
Profound depression.
Psychiatric illnesses treatment.
Schizophrenia.
Suicide.