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Alison Watt’s grandmother was diagnosed with ‘puerperal insanity’ and institutionalised not long after giving birth to her father. He didn’t meet her – or know she was alive – until his early 20s.
Humans have attempted to understand and treat mental illness for centuries – from ancient Greek medicine, Middle Ages exorcisms and the rise of asylums, to modern medical breakthroughs.
The risk of shock treatment remains. The FDA warns that "the long-term safety and effectiveness of ECT treatment has not been demonstrated.”
History shows us that the mentally ill are extraordinarily vulnerable to therapeutic experimentation, which continues to the present day.