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Fooling others or oneself? A history of therapeutic fads and its current relevance
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Fooling others or oneself? A history of therapeutic fads and its current relevance

Dilip Ramchandani
Psychiatric quarterly, v 78(4)
Dec 2007
PMID: 17874184

Abstract

Adult Animals Erectile Dysfunction - surgery Europe Haplorhini History, 20th Century Humans Infection - surgery Male New Jersey Physical Therapy Modalities Psychiatry - history Psychiatry - methods Schizophrenia - history Schizophrenia - surgery Sepsis - history Sepsis - surgery Sheep Testis - transplantation Transplantation, Heterologous - history Transplantation, Heterologous - methods
The author addresses the consequences of therapeutic overzealousness in light of the early 20th century historical accounts of Dr. Serge Voronoff's ill fated adventure in restoring potency in European males and Dr. Henry Cotton's misguided foray into the physical treatment of schizophrenia in New Jersey. The implications of these mishaps for the modern practice of psychiatry are discussed in view of the challenges that continue to beset the field.

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