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    1 year ago

    The scary part is that this “treatment” was acceptable for multiple mental disorders up until the 1960s.

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      1 year ago

      If I remember correctly, It mostly targeted women. Hysteria was also a catch all word for when a wife or a daughter wasn’t obedient enough and it was really a way to assert control over women.