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Barbaric Practices Show Notes In this episode of the Motor City Hypnotist Podcast, we discussing the history of “insane asylums.” And I’m also going to be giving listeners a FREE HYPNOSIS GUIDE! Stay tuned! INTRODUCTION What is up people? The Motor City Hypnotist Podcast is here in the Podcast Detroit, Detroit Studios. Thank you for joining me on this episode of the Motor City Hypnotist Podcast. I am David Wright and with me is my producer Matt Fox. FIND ME: My Website: https://motorcityhypnotist.com/podcast My social media links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/motorcityhypnotist/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCjjLNcNvSYzfeX0uHqe3gA Twitter: https://twitter.com/motorcityhypno Instagram: motorcityhypno FREE HYPNOSIS GUIDE https://detroithypnotist.convertri.com/podcast-free-hypnosis-guide Please also subscribe to the show and leave a review. (Stay with me as later in the podcast, I’ll be giving away a free gift to all listeners!) TODAYS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY Empower Your Mind For Success, A Hypnotic Guide https://www.amazon.com/Empower-Your-Success-Hypnotic-Guide-ebook/dp/B09BZZK8TV WINNER OF THE WEEK: Elderly couple get wedding photos taken https://www.today.com/news/hospice-workers-help-couple-take-wedding-photos-they-never-had-t233644 The 10 Worst Mental Health Treatments in History From Darkness Emerge New Treatments Evidence abounds of inhumane treatment of the mentally ill throughout history. Moral Treatment: Respectful of the Mentally Ill In the 18th century, some believed that mental illness was a moral issue that could be treated through humane care and instilling moral discipline. Lobotomy: Disrupting Brain Circuits Lobotomy: A lobotomy, or leucotomy, was a form of psychosurgery, a neurosurgical treatment of a mental disorder that involves severing connections in the brain’s prefrontal cortex Bleeding, Vomiting, and Purging: Fixing ‘Humors’ The Ancient Greek physician Claudius Galen believed that almost all ills originated in out-of-balance humors, or substances, in the body Trephination: Holes in Your Head Perhaps one of the earliest forms of treatment for mental illness, trephination, also called trepanation, involved opening a hole in the skull using an auger, bore, or even a saw Mystic Rituals: Exorcism and Prayer Physical Therapies: Ice and Restraints Insulin Coma Therapy: Rewiring the Brain Metrazol Therapy: Precursor to ECT Fever Therapy: One Disease to Cure Another Asylums: Isolating the Patient NEXT EPISODE: Halloween Special Change your thinking, change your life! Laugh hard, run fast, be kind. David R. Wright MA, LPC, CHT The Motor City Hypnotist