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Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry's Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness
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Last discussed Sep 17, 2026
A book by Andrew Scull examining the often misguided and dangerous treatments psychiatry has pursued throughout history in its attempt to cure mental illness.
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Psychiatry, Insane Asylums, Mental Illness, ECT, Lobotomies, Freud & Jung | Lex Fridman Podcast #502
Lex Fridman · Sep 17, 2026
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