Electroconvulsive Therapy in Psychiatry Practice

An apparatus that could induce seizure with quicker onset and fewer side effects was tested in dogs by UGO CERLETTI and LUCIO BINI. In 1938, their first human trial was on a 39-year-old disorganized man with schizophrenia who had been found wandering at a train station in Rome. This treatment modality was called Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).