We're going to read a book about people with electroshock therapy (ECT). I am doing a short presentation on it, but on what it was like in the 1950s. I just need to know a little more about ECT and how the mentally ill were viewed and treated back then?

Answer 1

http://www.electroboy.com/electroshocktherapy.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroconvulsive_therapy

http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.ect.html

http://www.toddlertime.com/advocacy/hospitals/Asylum/history-asylum.htm

Answer 2

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