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What is artificial fever therapy?
When you use a fever to fight an illness.
What is the percentage of people that saw improvements after lobotomies?
Who invented insulin shock therapy?
Manfred Sakel
How were people treated in the insane asylums?
No respect, inhuman, and horrible conditions.
What was the first asylum built in America?
Eastern State Hospital
What are straitjackets?
A jacket with very long sleeves, crossed over each other and knotted in the back.
What is the percentage of people that saw improvements after doing hydrotherapy?
Over 50%
Who invented artificial fever therapy?
Julius Wagner-Jauregg
What time period was my ALP based on?
1940's and 50's
What was the name of the biggest asylum?
Central State Hospital
What is hydrotherapy?
When patients are put into warm baths for long periods of time.
Which medical treatment/s are still used today?
ECT and hydrotherapy.
Who invented lobotomies?
António Egas Moniz
What are straitjackets?
A jacket with very long sleeves, crossed over each other and knotted in the back.
Where is Eastern State Hospital located?
Williamsburg, Virginia
What is insulin shock therapy and why did people think it worked?
It is when you get injected with multiple doses of insulin until they fall into a coma. The doctors thought that when the patient woke up, they would break out of their psychosis.
Which medical treatment was most effective?
ECT therapy with 60%.
Who invented ECT?
Ugo Cerletti and Lucio Bini
Where and when was the straitjacket made?
France, 1770.
How many buildings, acres, and people did Central State Hospital have at its peak?
Over 200 buildings, 2,000 acres, over 12,000 patient
What is ECT and what does it stand for?
It is two metal rods that are put on the patients head and make an electric current that gives them a seizure. ECT stands for electroconvulsive therapy.
How many people saw improvements when doing artificial fever therapy?
not enough information/ trick question
Who invented hydrotherapy?
Vincenz Priessnitz or Sebastian Kneipp
Which president's relative got a lobotomy?
Rosemary Kennedy (J.F.K's sister)
What is the name of the “best” mental hospital and where is it located?
McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts.