Convulsive therapy using drugs rather than electricity was introduced in 1934 by Hungarian neuropsychiatrist Ladisles Meduna , who speculated that seizures (similar to the ones occurring in epilepsy) could probably alleviate mental disorders. ... This method is said to reduce short-term memory loss and confusion, another method of ECT is placing the electrodes over both temples. ... People still have dark and gory images of ECT from such books as One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, where ECT was graphically portrayed as a grisly machine that enhanced dementia. ... ECT may seem risky and da...

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Schizophrenia is one of the most serious and complex disorders of the mind. ... I used to be one of the guys. ... I've completely lost control over what is happening to me, but I don't even know what it is. Could it really be that I am losing my mind, like one of the people in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest? ... One type of treatment for it is a mental hospital. ...

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