Convulsive shock therapy in affective psychoses
- Contributor(s):
- Bennett, Abram Elting, 1898-1985 Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital (Omaha, Neb.) Pennsylvania State College. Psychological Cinema Register.
- Publication:
- [State College, Pa.] : Psychological Cinema Register of the Pennsylvania State College, [1943]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Moving image
- Subject(s):
- Combined Modality Therapy Curare -- therapeutic use Depressive Disorder -- drug therapy Depressive Disorder -- therapy Electroconvulsive Therapy Pentylenetetrazole -- therapeutic use
- Genre(s):
- Case Reports
- Abstract:
- This film depicts patients who have been successfully treated for severe depression and manic states with convulsive shock therapy, showing their behavior prior to and following treatment. Patients range in age from 42 to 58 and are in varying states of depression, some suicidal and some with self-mutilating tendencies. The after-scenes show the patients’ improved moods and well-being. The film also shows the effects of metrazol and electroshock convulsions in curarized patients. One such patient is seen immediately after her admission to the hospital screaming, pleading, and praying to die. The film ends with her as a recovered patient leaving the hospital and waving goodbye.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 016 min.
- Color:
- Black and white
- Sound:
- Silent
- Credits:
- A.E. Bennett.
- Provenance:
- Received: (date unknown); donation; from Psychological Cinema Register of Pennsylvania State University.
- Technique:
- Live action
- NLM Unique ID:
- 8700188A (See catalog record)
- OCLC no.:
- 31668682
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8700188A