Posted by stjames on April 17, 2001, at 22:29:51
In reply to Another Question, posted by DarkWind on April 17, 2001, at 15:00:29
> another question that's been nagging my mind is this: what did they do in the "old days" before psychology or psychiatry, to cope with or get over depression?
>James here.....
They didn't. They locked the "crazy" up. They did not talk about it. They saw the devil in the mentally ill. They feared us. Injected us with Insulin to induce insulin coma and seizures. Removed parts of the brain (look up the button hook operation and prefrontal lobotomy) so we did
not bother anyone. Tied us up and left us alone in our own filth. Ah, the good old days !This is why I get very angry when people bitch about whatever side effects they have and want to mount a law suit. ~50 years ago they shoved a button hook like long needle up into the brain(going through the area where the eyebrow meets the nose) and destroyed part of the frontal lobes
forever eraseing personality. I am thankful, very thankful, that we have come so far in 50 years, side effects and all.james
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