The Lore Behind The Treatments

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