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Sharon and Mindy discuss a bunch of different past mental health treatments that were used throughout history, that range from the bizarre to just plain barbaric. Most of them probably should not have existed in the first place. References:https://online.csp.edu/blog/psychology/history-of-mental-illness-treatment/https://www.everydayhealth.com/pictures/worst-mental-health-treatments-history/A treasure trove of articles on inhumane mental health practicesHistory of inhumane mental health treatments from talkspaceOutdated and outlandish treatments The good, bad and inhumaneMental Floss article on mind-boggling treatmentsDorothea Dix’s tireless fight to end inhumane treatment for mental health patientshttps://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/odd-psychiatric-treatments#page=2https://sunrisehouse.com/research/history-evolution-mental-health-treatment/https://www.mdlinx.com/article/-barbaric-medical-practices-still-used-today/lfc-3762https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/may/mental-health-conditionsubstance-use-comparing-us-other-countrieshttps://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/history-quackery/history-hysteriahttps://allthatsinteresting.com/henry-cottonhttps://daily.jstor.org/the-unproven-deadly-common-cure-for-schizophrenia/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laudanumhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tincturehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/medgen/149002https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/89268/lure-laudanum-victorians-favorite-drughttps://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2013/02/poetry-pain-and-opium-in-victorian-england-elizabeth-barrett-brownings-use-of-laudanum.htmlhttp://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/heroin/history/laudlady.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobotomyhttps://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/prefrontal-cortexhttps://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-15629160https://www.livescience.com/42199-lobotomy-definition.htmlhttps://thejns.org/focus/view/journals/neurosurg-focus/43/3/article-pE6.xmlhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/rosemary-kennedy-lobotomyhttps://www.mcleanhospital.org/essential/ect-shouldnt-be-last-resort-treatmenthttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/electroconvulsive-therapy-a-history-of-controversy-but-also-of-help/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentylenetetrazolhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/electroconvulsive-therapy-a-history-of-controversy-but-also-of-help/https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/electroconvulsive-therapy/about/pac-20393894https://www.mcleanhospital.org/essential/ect-shouldnt-be-last-resort-treatmenthttps://www.healthline.com/health/electroconvulsive-therapy#benefitshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroconvulsive_therapyhttps://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/ajp.97.3.667 whorestalkhorror@gmail.comInstagramPatreonFacebookTwitter Thunder crash SFX by ophylia Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0) Fade out has been added https://freesound.org/people/ophylia/sounds/474995/