Electroshock therapy has been a controversial procedure ever since its introduction in 1938. Electric eels and fish were used by people in ancient times to treat headaches and mental illness. The practice came back in 1938 when Ugo Cerletti and Lucino Bini treated schizophrenic patients with applications of electricity. Electroshock therapy is mostly used to treat depression, but tests showed that it was used for other treatments.
In 1936, neuropathologist Cerletti and his clinician Bini were researching the idea of shock therapy. They were conducting animal experiments to investigate epilepsy, and realized that electricity could cause a shock or more easily than chemicals agents. They did not base their ideas on those in older times, bu
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