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Description: | ECT is one of the most controversial treatments of mental
illness. An electric current is passed across the patient's
brain to cause a fit. Although no one is sure how it works,
supporters of ECT believe it can help those suffering from
severe depression. Opponents argue that is given too freely
without patients' consent and can produce memory-loss. At least
20,000 NHS patients receive ECT each year.
This ECT machine
was used at Claybury Hospital, Woodford Bridge. Opened as
Claybury Asylum in 1893 it was one of the large mental asylums
built at this time on the outskirts of London. It closed in 1996
and is now a housing estate called 'Repton Park'. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Redbridge Museum | Rights holder: | Redbridge Museum | Subjects: | Public Services | Temporal: | 1970 | Source: | Redbridge Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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