Cure as Cruelty: Lobotomy, Insulin Shock and Electroshock's First Century

Walter Freeman's icepick, Rosemary Kennedy's fate and the electrical 'treatments' born inside the mental hygiene hospital — and how psychiatry still argues with its own tools.

Playlist by @mental_hygiene_docs

13 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. The Insane Lobotomy Craze Of The 1950s — Joe Scott
2. Ep #6: Mind Games - The Dark History of Lobotomy | Dark History Podcast — Bailey Sarian
3. Rosemary Kennedy - Lobotomised for Being Different | Documentary — Professor Graeme Yorston
4. One of the most controversial medical procedures in history - Jenell Johnson — TED-Ed
5. Lobotomy: A Dangerous Fad's Lingering Effect on Mental Illness Treatment | Retro Report — RETRO REPORT
6. The Lobotomy Was SO Much Worse Than You Think — Flashback History
7. The Dark History of Dr. Walter Freeman - He Lobotomized 25 Women in a Single Day in 1952 — The-Dark-Histories-TV
8. The Lobotomist — PATRICK MACLAUGHLIN
9. The truth about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - Helen M. Farrell — TED-Ed
10. The Dangerous History of Electroconvulsive Therapy, and How It's Used Today — SciShow Psych
11. Sherwin Nuland: How electroshock therapy changed me — TED
12. ECT History - Cerletti and Bini - Documentary — Professor Graeme Yorston
13. RIDE THE TIGER | The Benefits of Electroconvulsive Therapy | PBS — PBS