What psychiatric therapies are no longer in use?

What psychiatric therapies are no longer in use?

Christopher Reist (Academic Psychiatrist, Co-Author of “Psychiatry”) gives expert video advice on: How do I know if I should go to see a psychiatrist?; How does a psychiatrist diagnose a patient?; Is a psychiatrist allowed to tell others about me? and more...

Prior to the introduction of psychiatric medications in the 1950s, we really had very few tools to treat the immense suffering that is associated with mental diseases. Because of that, people sometimes went to very desperate means to try to come up with therapies that help people with mental disorders. These included insulin shock, the use of cold sheets and the use of frontal lobotomies for treating severe aggression. Fortunately, now we're in the new age. We've abandoned those kinds of psychiatric therapies.