Convulsive Therapy
Study data from University of Adelaide update knowledge of convulsive therapy
Published in Hospital Business Week, May 31st, 2009
Scientists discuss in 'Glenside Hospital's role in the introduction of electroconvulsive therapy and psychosurgery to Australian psychiatry' new findings in convulsive. "This paper records the introduction of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and psychosurgery to Australia at Parkside Mental Hospital (present day Glenside Hospital) in South Australia. A review of treatment provided at Glenside Hospital since its inception in 1870," scientists in Australia report.
"The desperate plight of patients and the limited array of interventions leading up to the introduction of ECT and psychosurgery are noted. Their introduction and the early results from the treatments are...
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