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21Судорожная шоковая терапия (convulsive shock therapy) — Совр. практика использования вызываемых электричеством или лекарствами судорог с терапевтической целью связана с наблюдениями фон Медуны в начале 1930 х гг. Л. Б. Калиновски в книге The convulsive therapies («Методы судорожной терапии») пишет,… …
22electroshock therapy — noun Date: 1942 the treatment of mental disorder and especially depression by the application of electric current to the head of a usually anesthetized patient that induces unconsciousness and convulsive seizures in the brain called also… …
23electroconvulsive therapy — /i lek troh keuhn vul siv, i lek /, Psychiatry. a treatment for serious mental illnesses, as severe depressive disorders, involving the application to the head of electric current in order to induce a seizure: usually administered after sedatives …
24insulin-coma therapy — /in seuh lin koh meuh, ins yeuh /, Psychiatry. a former treatment for mental illness, esp. schizophrenia, employing insulin induced hypoglycemia as a method for producing convulsive seizures. Also called insulin shock therapy /in seuh lin shok ,… …
25insulin-coma therapy — /in seuh lin koh meuh, ins yeuh /, Psychiatry. a former treatment for mental illness, esp. schizophrenia, employing insulin induced hypoglycemia as a method for producing convulsive seizures. Also called insulin shock therapy /in seuh lin shok ,… …
26Ladislas J. Meduna — Ladislas Joseph Meduna (1896 1964) was a Hungarian neurologist who discovered the first effective drugs for the treatment of schizophrenia.Meduna was born to a well to do family in Budapest, Hungary, in 1896. He studied medicine in Budapest from… …
27Fink, Maximilian (Max) — (1923–) The leader of the movement to bring electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) back into American psychiatry, Fink was born in Vienna, the son of a physician. His parents moved shortly after his birth to the United States, and in 1945 Fink… …
28Max Fink — (born 1923) is an American psychiatrist best known for his work on ECT (electroconvulsive therapy). Contents 1 Early life, marriage and qualifications 2 Academic positions, research and awards 3 Retirement …
29History of psychiatric institutions — Social alienation was one of the main themes in Francisco Goya s masterpieces, such as The Madhouse (above). The story of the rise of the lunatic asylum and its gradual transformation into, and eventual replacement by, the modern psychiatric… …
30Sarah Lisanby — Sarah Lisanby, M.D., is Chief of the Division of Brain Stimulation and Therapeutic Modulation[1] at Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute,[2] and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry. This Division focuses on the use of… …
