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Across 1 conversation, Andrew Scull ranges across lobotomy, DSM, ECT. Psychiatric drugs often lack efficacy, with 67-82% dropout rates in trials due to ineffectiveness or side effects. ECT is effective for severe depression but was historically misused as a punitive measure in asylums.
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previewThe DSM's diagnostic categories are criticized for being based on symptom checklists, potentially reflecting social constructs rather than valid medical conditions.
#502#502 – Psychiatry, Insane Asylums, Mental Illness, ECT, Lobotomies, Freud & Jung
ECT's historical misuse as a punitive measure highlights the ethical complexities in psychiatric treatment history, particularly in the mid-20th century.
#502#502 – Psychiatry, Insane Asylums, Mental Illness, ECT, Lobotomies, Freud & Jung
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Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine
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Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness
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