Did You Know Lobotomy And Hydrotherapy Were Widely Used In Mid-20th Century US To Treat Mental Illness?

[Sunrising]

Apparently Lobotomy and Hydrotherapy were widespread practices in the US to treat mental illness uptil the mid- 20th century.

Lobotomy is the crude practice of destroying brain tissue in the frontal lobe and has been abandoned, though neurosurgical procedures still exist for psychiatric conditions like obsessive-compulsive disorder, or major depression.

Hydrotherapy in various forms was to manage, calm or shock patients suffering from mania, depression and other forms of mental illness.

The treatment was similar to the medieval "ducking stools".

It was a form of near drowning that caused profound psychogical trauma and hypoxia.

A. I knew about these operations to treat mental health.

B. I didn't know about these operations to treat mental health.

C. Something else.

[NoDecision]

With all the killers and rapists plying their trade these days, maybe they should bring it back into use. Most of these people have half a brain to begin with.

[FreyaRed]

Germany had Dr. Mengele, it seems US had an army of them.

[NathanDavis]

among other things, yes..

[Anonymous]

Yeah. We have come a long way since

[Paige2006]

Yes I did