A brief and exciting history of electroconvulsive therapy.  You will learn how a method for anesthetizing pigs before slaughter was first used on a homeless and psychotic man and how it soon became the gold standard treatment for severe mood disorders.Please leave feedback at <a href='https://www.psydactic.com'>https://www.psydactic.com</a> or send any comments to feedback@psydactic.com. References and readings (when available) are posted at the end of each episode transcript, located at <a href='https://psydactic.buzzsprout.com'>psydactic.buzzsprout.com</a>. All opinions expressed in this podcast are exclusively those of the person speaking and should not be confused with the opinions of anyone else. We reserve the right to be wrong. Nothing in this podcast should be treated as individual medical advice.

A brief and exciting history of electroconvulsive therapy. You will learn how a method for anesthetizing pigs before slaughter was first used on a homeless and psychotic man and how it soon became the gold standard treatment for severe mood disorders. Please leave feedback at https://www.psydactic.com or send any comments to feedback@psydactic.com. References and readings (when available) are posted at the end of each episode transcript, located at psydactic.buzzsprout.com. All opinions expressed in this podcast are exclusively those of the person speaking and should not be confused with the opinions of anyone else. We reserve the right to be wrong. Nothing in this podcast should be treated as individual medical advice.

A brief and exciting history of electroconvulsive therapy.&nbsp; You will learn how a method for anesthetizing pigs before slaughter was first used on a homeless and psychotic man and how it soon became the gold standard treatment for severe mood disorders.Please leave feedback at <a href="https://www.psydactic.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.psydactic.com</a> or send any comments to feedback@psydactic.com. References and readings (when available) are posted at the end of each episode transcript, located at <a href="https://psydactic.buzzsprout.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">psydactic.buzzsprout.com</a>. All opinions expressed in this podcast are exclusively those of the person speaking and should not be confused with the opinions of anyone else. We reserve the right to be wrong. Nothing in this podcast should be treated as individual medical advice.

A brief history of Electroconvulsive Therapy

A resource for psychiatrists and other medical or behavioral health professionals interested in exploring the neuroscientific basis of psychiatric disorders, psychopharmacology, neuromodulation, and other psychiatric interventions, as well as discussions of pseudoscience, Bayesian reasoning, ethics, the history of psychiatry, and human psychology in general. This podcast is not medical advice.&nbsp; It strives to be science communication.&nbsp; Dr. O'Leary is a skeptical thinker who often questions what we think we know.&nbsp; He hopes to open more conversations about what we don't know we don't know. Find transcripts with show-notes and references on each episodes dedicated page at psydactic.buzzsprout.com. You can leave feedback at https://www.psydactic.com. The visual companions, when available, can be found at https://youtube.com/@PsyDactic.

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A resource for psychiatrists and other medical or behavioral health professionals interested in exploring the neuroscientific basis of psychiatric disorders, psychopharmacology, neuromodulation, and other psychiatric interventions, as well as discussions of pseudoscience, Bayesian reasoning, ethics, the history of psychiatry, and human psychology in general. This podcast is not medical advice.  It strives to be science communication.  Dr. O'Leary is a skeptical thinker who often questions what we think we know.  He hopes to open more conversations about what we don't know we don't know. Find transcripts with show-notes and references on each episodes dedicated page at psydactic.buzzsprout.com. You can leave feedback at https://www.psydactic.com. The visual companions, when available, can be found at https://youtube.com/@PsyDactic.

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