The British Journal of Psychiatry (2009) 194: 387-388. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.062547
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EDITORIALS

Convulsive therapy turns 75

Gabor Gazdag, MD, PhD

Jahn Ferenc Hospital, Budapest

Istvan Bitter, MD, PhD, DSc

Department of Psychiatry, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest

Gabor S. Ungvari, FRCPsych

Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Brigitta Baran, MD

Department of Psychiatry, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary

Correspondence: Gabor Gazdag, 1st Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Jahn Ferenc Hospital, Köves utca 1. Budapest, 1204 Hungary. Email: gazdag{at}lamb.hu

Declaration of interest

None.

Gabor Gazdag (pictured) is a consultant psychiatrist at Jahn Ferenc Hospital, Budapest. Istvan Bitter is Professor and Brigitta Baran is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest. Gabor S. Ungvari is Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

The Hungarian psychiatrist Laszlo Meduna was the first who induced epileptic fits to influence the course of mental illness. The following account, based on a review of Meduna’s recently unearthed files and his writings, traces the beginnings of convulsive therapy.


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