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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Electro Shock Therapy (EST) aka Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) on the other hand was rampant for at least a decade or more.

Only reason I know that is because I had to research it for my family tree. At the age of 14, my Great Grandmother was treated for Depression and Anxiety with EST from 1909 to 1913, then got pregnant and lost the baby from it. She stopped the "therapy", but it left her borderline schizophrenic the rest of her life.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can't have depression and anxiety if we torture you every time you show symptoms, am I right guys ? I mean, you either feel better or we shock you for hours and hours, likely causing other irreversible psychological problems and even deep cerebral damage as a bonus.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The scary part is that this "treatment" was acceptable for multiple mental disorders up until the 1960s.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

If I remember correctly, It mostly targeted women. Hysteria was also a catch all word for when a wife or a daughter wasn't obedient enough and it was really a way to assert control over women.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

ECT is still used today, actually.