title: Convulsive therapy turns 75.
abstract: The Hungarian psychiatrist Laszlo Meduna was the first who induced epileptic fits to influence the course of mental illness. The following account, based on a review of Meduna's recently unearthed files and his writings, traces the beginnings of convulsive therapy.
authors.forename: Gabor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gazdag
authors.forename: Istvan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bitter
authors.forename: Gabor S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Ungvari
authors.forename: Brigitta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baran
mesh_terms: D003295:Convulsive Therapy / Q000941:ethics / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy*