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Sane in Insane Places
Martin Sixsmith on the popularity of lobotomies in the middle of the 20th century and electroconvulsive therapy. From May 2014.
Psychiatric treatments have had their fair share of controversy.
In this episode, Martin looks at the extraordinary popularity of lobotomies during the middle of the last century, the continued use of Electroconvulsive Therapy and the 'anti-psychiatry movement' of RD Laing in the 1960s.
Producer: Alan Hall
A Falling Tree Production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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