Article ID: CBB997731815

Shock therapies in Spain (1939–1952) after the Civil War: Santa Isabel National Mental Asylum in Leganés (2021)

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The first third of the twentieth century changed the therapeutical landscape with the emergence of new treatments for the mentally ill in asylums. However, the historiography of their use in Spanish psychiatric establishments has been scarcely studied. The popularization of barbiturate sleep therapies, insulin shock, cardiazol therapy, electroshock and leucotomy spread from the beginning of the century. However, the Spanish Civil War and Spain’s isolation during Franco’s autarky (1939–52) made their implementation difficult. Through historiographic research using medical records as documentary sources, this work analyses the socio-demographic conditions of the asylum population during the first decade of Franco’s dictatorship. The treatments used in Leganés Mental Asylum are described and are compared with those used in other Spanish psychiatric institutions.

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Authors & Contributors
Bellelli, Andrea
Aruta, Alessandro
Marks, Sarah
Macleod, Sandy
Sirgiovanni, Elisabetta
Gazdag, Gábor
Concepts
Psychiatry
Therapeutic practice; therapy; treatment
Electroconvulsive therapy; electroshock therapy
Mental disorders and diseases
Medicine and the military; medicine in war
Medicine and politics
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Switzerland
Spain
Germany
Austria
Latvia
Institutions
National Institute of Health (U.S.)
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