Amid the jukebox songs and time-honored classics of the West End stage, a new genre of musical theater is rising. It is a singing, dancing genre mental health musical that highlights identity and personal crises. This means that many new musicals trigger warnings that the upcoming performance may include suicidal teenagers and sexual assault, as… Read More »
Ivor Browne, at his home in Ranelagh, Dublin: fought the overprescription of mood-altering drugs and argued electroconvulsive therapy should be a last resort – Joe St Leger/THE IRISH TIMES Ivor Browne, who has died aged 94, was a psychiatrist who changed the public perception of mental illness in Ireland, overseeing the move from stuffy hospital… Read More »
When most people hear electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, it often conjures up horrific images of cruel, outdated and fraudulent medical procedures. The perception that ECT, formerly known as electroshock therapy, is dangerous and ineffective has been reinforced in popular culture for decades; Consider the 1962 Oscar-winning film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” in which… Read More »