Cerletti and Bini Develop Electroconvulsive Therapy for Treating Schizophrenia
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Psychology, Psychiatry, Science, Medicine, Health
- Subcategories: Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Biology, Biologists, Epidemics, Diseases
- Curriculum: Italian History, 20th & 21st Century European History
- Geographical Location: Switzerland
- Date: 1937
Article abstract: Cerletti and Bini were the first to introduce the idea of inducing convulsions for therapeutic purposes by using electric currents, as opposed to using convulsive drugs.
Summary of Event
The history of somatic treatment procedures in psychiatry (specifically, the use of electric currents for therapeutic purposes) has never followed a linear course of development. It is recorded that in 46 c.e. Scribonius Largus used the discharge of a torpedo fish to cure headaches and gout; the Romans used electric eels for similar purposes. In the...
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