Problem:
Explain what a social worker can learn from studying this earlier era's perspective on mental health with he chosen time period is 1930, when shock treatments were developed. In 1930, Shock treatment was primarily electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and other experimental shock-based therapies used in psychiatry. These treatments served for mental illnesses like schizophrenia, mania, and severe depression, at a time when effective psychiatric medication did not yet exist. The primary shock treatments used were insulin shock therapy in 1933, Metrazol shock treatment in 1934, and electroconvulsive therapy in 1938, which was invented by Italian doctors Ugo Cerletti and Lucio Bini. In this treatment, controlled electrical currents were passed through the brain to induce seizures. Shock treatment is a risky and often traumatic approach to mental illness. This treatment was based on the belief that inducing seizures or comas could "reset" the brain, which some patients did improve, but others were left with memory loss and physical injuries. The use of shock treatment in the 1930s, particularly electroshock therapy, did not align with the social work value of dignity and worth of the person. ECT in the 1930s violated this value by using it without informed consent. Need Assignment Help?