Convulsive therapy turns 75.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.062547.
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Abstract
The Hungarian psychiatrist Laszlo Meduna was the first who induced epileptic fits to influence the course of mental illness. The following account, based on a review of Meduna's recently unearthed files and his writings, traces the beginnings of convulsive therapy.
Medical subject headings
- Convulsive Therapy
- Schizophrenia