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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip to c/autism@lemmy.world
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From a 1960 medical encyclopedia. This was under the schizophrenia portion

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[–] retrolasered@feddit.uk 6 points 2 days ago

I assume this is here because maybe you feel he is displaying autistic traits? Firstly: im not a psychologist. From reading 50s and 60s sci fi, authors tend to not seem neurotypical, at least to me anyway - likely a helpful trait in the genre. It seems as though a common idea of the times that seems to be reflected in a lot of their writing, is an overdiagnosis of schizophrenia, and how it was generally used as a blanket term for anyone that just didnt think right.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Or maybe....some rogue inventor discovered a revolutionary technology that would disrupt the status quo, and The Man had him declared insane! Tell me more about the machine!

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm just imagining that Frank just stopped speaking entirely after being tortured.

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

ECT is still used nowadays, and it seemed to actually help him, why are you calling this case torture?

I know the procedure is the poster child for psychiatric abuse / malpractice, but I don't think this specific case is reflective of that

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Please do not promote torture

They literally tie people to a chair and electrocute them repeatedly. It is like ABA except way worse. The level of trama this causes is very high and it is deeply unethical.

[–] Ushmel@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This is all incorrect. They administer light anesthesia, like a colonoscopy. They titrate the voltage to least intense to still provoke a seizure. They administer meds to lower the seizure threshold so they can use less voltage.

Some patients experience pain afterward, and they usually stop treatment if it is bad enough. Some patients experience symptom relief and continue treatment. Some get neither and they stop treatment because it is ineffective. Consent is always obtained from the patient or a guardian.

ECT isn't the same experimental procedure it was in the mid 20th century. Patient advocacy laws and psychiatry specific laws passed in response to the media exposed of the asylum system in the 80s (I think?) have provided a lot of protection from the scenarios you're describing.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

When do they rip the fountain off the wall and throw it through the window to freedom?

[–] noctivius@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago

THE MACHINE must be created