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In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind

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Martin Sixsmith examines what makes us think, feel and act the way we do.

Martin Sixsmith presents a history of psychology and seeks to understand what makes us think, feel and act the way we do.

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In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind: Sane in Insane Places

01/05/2014

Sane in Insane Places

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Exploring the popularity of lobotomies during the middle of the 20th century.

Martin Sixsmith on the popularity of lobotomies in the middle of the 20th century and electroconvulsive therapy. From May 2014.

Psychiatric treatments have had their fair share of controversy. 

In this episode, Martin looks at the extraordinary popularity of lobotomies during the middle of the last century, the continued use of Electroconvulsive Therapy and the 'anti-psychiatry movement' of RD Laing in the 1960s.


Producer: Alan Hall
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