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Bonus Content: Evolution of Schizophrenia Treatment
Bonus Content: Evolution of Schizophrenia Treatment
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Length:
68 minutes
Released:
Dec 9, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Schizophrenia has been around since the dawn of time but actually treating it has only been around the past 100 years. In this episode host and schizophrenic Rachel Star Withers takes you through the dark and disturbing evolution of schizophrenia treatments. From systematic euthanasia to hydrotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy to the infamous lobotomy.
Were these doctors "mad scientists" torturing the mentally ill or were they the only ones trying to help a population of people seen as a burden?
Were these doctors "mad scientists" torturing the mentally ill or were they the only ones trying to help a population of people seen as a burden?
Released:
Dec 9, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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