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The groundwork for the development of electroshock therapy was laid in 1935, when a psychiatrist, Von Meduna, observed that epilepsy was extremely uncommon among schizophrenics. ... (Coulman 676)
Electroconvulsive therapy was finally introduced in 1938 by two Italian scientists, Cereletti and Bini. ... Electroshock therapy has also been successful for people who don’t respond to drugs. ... Recent advances in chemotherapy, another type of therapy used to treat many types of psychological disorders, have reduced the use of ECT. While ECT is still used as a form of therapy, scientists still explore all aspects of it.
Approximate Word count = 421 Approximate Pages = 1.7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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