Physical Mental Health Treatments, 1957 part 4

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[lexichronicle2]

@lexichronicle2 Lobotomy sorry. There are no marks on his head. So.... is he x-factor acting like the ECT patient who wasn't shocked, and the ether patient who wasn't anaesthetised?

[lexichronicle2]

"so contrived"

They are. The guy at the end if obviously 'inhaling' water. If he was inhaling ether or chloroform, he'd be slurring.

"the overall presentation is straight-lined, robotic, no-frills, unpretentious, and uneventful."

I'm not sure about the 'uneventful' part. E.g. seeing a lobotomy it's self would be eventful, but not all that worthwhile in evaluating whether or not it had affected someone. I can't see any marks on the laboratory patients head, low resolution or an actor?

[UngodlyForces]

The program may be credible, informative and insightful but the overall presentation is straight-lined, robotic, no-frills, unpretentious, and uneventful.

[UngodlyForces]

the shows are so staged & so contrived, that they're practically screaming for attention. If a classic television reality-show like this was a book, it wouldn't sell because it would be written like it's a thesis - boring, colorless, unadorned, no bell or whistles.

[UngodlyForces]

w/ their mental illness & their treatment unless the outcome of their treatment is positive or favorable. What would be the incentive? 15 minutes of fame, recognition, money, or taking part in the latest advancements in the treatment of mental illness. Reality-based programs like this from the past is so different from the reality-based tv shows of today in that they were less contrived, NOT so ratings-driven, no bells or whistles unlike today's reality-shows, it's all about hype and hoopla,

[UngodlyForces]

mind. If the patient fails to revise the outcome in his mind, then the treatment is useless. Reliving the traumatic experience just aggravates the patient's illness. I think treatment that allows the patient to suppress the traumatic experience would be better for the patient ( Let sleeping dogs lie ) or the doctor can help the patient mentally replace the trauma w/ a favorable mental imagery (real or imagined). Also, I wonder why the patients featured on this program were willing to go public

[UngodlyForces]

5 stars & Favorited. Good post. I'm NOT convinced ether abreaction is a practical way to treat mental illness. During a session, the subject/patient is coaxed to mentally relive or reenact the traumatic experience that made them ill. The treatment is hard to watch, the patient is struggling. It's NOT clear if the patient is under hypnosis during the session. But I see ether abreaction is only effective if the patient is cooperative & is able to "revise" the outcome of his experience in his