The First ECT
The Carlat Psychiatry Report, Volume 2, Number 1, January 2004
https://www.thecarlatreport.com/newsletter-issue/tcprv2n1/
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report, January 2004, Antidepressant Roundup, 2004
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Daniel Carlat, MD
Dr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
The first ECT (electroconvulsive therapy), was performed by an Italian psychiatrist, Ugo Cerletti, who had initially assessed the safety of the treatment with dogs. He performed the first treatment on a human on April 18, 1938.
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