title: [The scientific origin of ECT: a conceptual history].
abstract: This paper deals with the scientific origins of the electroconvulsive therapy, particularly between 1938 and 1945. The most interesting and imaginative research on ECT occurred in this period. An analysis of a host of social, moral and scientific factors to understand its history is offered, focusing on several european countries.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Cambridge, Reino Unido.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Berrios
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Olivares
mesh_terms: D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000266:history*; D005060:Europe; D049673:History, 20th Century; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000266:history / Q000628:therapy