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In this first episode of Questionable Treatments we are exploring the history of insane asylums from their origin tied to medieval Almshouses all the way up to what we know from modern horror movies and ghost hunting shows. We will also be digging into the history of Insulin Shock Therapy, Electroshock Therapy, and the Lobotomy.
All sources referenced can be found below:
https://www.almshouses.org/history-of-almshouses/
https://lambournalmshouses.org/the-history-of-englands-almshouses-from-medieval-origins-to-the-present/
https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/issues/poor-relief-almshouse/
https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/almshouses-poorhouses/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1470530/
https://trans-alleghenylunaticasylum.com/the-kirkbride-plan/?srsltid=AfmBOoriz56wKeHp3lA7UcRQf7Z0tAu6DID-0LSftP5EndmAw7wlF37_
https://www.mymichigan.org/about/news/healthdoseblog/the-history-of-mental-health-treatment/
https://www.cerebromente.org.br/n04/historia/sakel_i.htm
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/dr-manfred-j-sakel-discoverer-of-insulin-shock-therapy-psychiatry-in-history/A7E933069C3B8206F78F8C316A785AAE
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4291941/
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1949/moniz/biographical/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Walter-Jackson-Freeman-II
https://www.samhs.org.au/Virtual%20Museum/Medicine/drugs_nonsurg/ect/ect.html#:~:text=The%20heading%20of%20Dr.Birch's,ECT%20machine%20of%20Dr%20Birch
https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co531731/electroconvulsive-therapy-machine
https://litfl.com/history-of-ect/#:~:text=His%20lecture%20outlined%20extensive%20preclinical,and%20seizure%20classification%20(complete%20vs.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11205978/
https://www.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ajp.156.4.630
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8720400/
https://www.nurokor.com/blog/history-of-bioelectronic-medicine
https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/ajp.116.12.1112-2?download=true
https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp-rj.2020.160103
Youtube videos
Convulsive therapy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myvMJxJa-Ts&list=PLCqWucufhQaHOe0b_dcvB4ZKYn-MygTIY&index=2
Shock therapy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBuwTpb8wZ8&list=PLCqWucufhQaHOe0b_dcvB4ZKYn-MygTIY
Prefrontal Lobotomy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjPwETslJyc&t=347s
By Kim & RyanIn this first episode of Questionable Treatments we are exploring the history of insane asylums from their origin tied to medieval Almshouses all the way up to what we know from modern horror movies and ghost hunting shows. We will also be digging into the history of Insulin Shock Therapy, Electroshock Therapy, and the Lobotomy.
All sources referenced can be found below:
https://www.almshouses.org/history-of-almshouses/
https://lambournalmshouses.org/the-history-of-englands-almshouses-from-medieval-origins-to-the-present/
https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/issues/poor-relief-almshouse/
https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/almshouses-poorhouses/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1470530/
https://trans-alleghenylunaticasylum.com/the-kirkbride-plan/?srsltid=AfmBOoriz56wKeHp3lA7UcRQf7Z0tAu6DID-0LSftP5EndmAw7wlF37_
https://www.mymichigan.org/about/news/healthdoseblog/the-history-of-mental-health-treatment/
https://www.cerebromente.org.br/n04/historia/sakel_i.htm
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/dr-manfred-j-sakel-discoverer-of-insulin-shock-therapy-psychiatry-in-history/A7E933069C3B8206F78F8C316A785AAE
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4291941/
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1949/moniz/biographical/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Walter-Jackson-Freeman-II
https://www.samhs.org.au/Virtual%20Museum/Medicine/drugs_nonsurg/ect/ect.html#:~:text=The%20heading%20of%20Dr.Birch's,ECT%20machine%20of%20Dr%20Birch
https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co531731/electroconvulsive-therapy-machine
https://litfl.com/history-of-ect/#:~:text=His%20lecture%20outlined%20extensive%20preclinical,and%20seizure%20classification%20(complete%20vs.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11205978/
https://www.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ajp.156.4.630
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8720400/
https://www.nurokor.com/blog/history-of-bioelectronic-medicine
https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/ajp.116.12.1112-2?download=true
https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp-rj.2020.160103
Youtube videos
Convulsive therapy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myvMJxJa-Ts&list=PLCqWucufhQaHOe0b_dcvB4ZKYn-MygTIY&index=2
Shock therapy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBuwTpb8wZ8&list=PLCqWucufhQaHOe0b_dcvB4ZKYn-MygTIY
Prefrontal Lobotomy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjPwETslJyc&t=347s