Discussing unfair treatment of psychiatric patients, over the years psychiatric facilities have seen some major changes. Starting with the harsh reprimands used in the 1900s such as shock and water treatments which are now deemed inhumane and cannot be justified. Tranquille is most famous for its time as a psychiatric facility as it brings some haunted aspects to the grounds. Tranquille was shut down by its employees due to unfair treatment, in my podcast below I will speak to a current psychiatric nurse about the changes these procedures have took to be deemed safe for all the patients. Today ECT (electro convulsive therapy) has been presented to patients with depression, ECT is commonly associated and compared to shock therapy, but it is much more humane and safer. Shock therapy fried one’s brain until it could barely function which removed the negative effect that they were aiming for but took a lot more with-it as well. No medications for seizures or anything else were presented, they thought it was helping at the time, however it was doing more damage than good. ECT involves 10 rounds of therapy and multiple forms of medications are provided for secretions and muscle relaxants. The therapy induces a seizure, however it re wires the brain giving it a jumpstart to feel happier and reach higher levels of dopamine. Going into the procedure there will be nurses on needles and electrodes, an anesthetist does all the meds, and the psychiatrist administers the shock. The electrodes are placed on either side of the head onto the temples, then the shock is administered. A typical time for this procedure is 40 seconds to a minute. The patients may experience some short-term memory loss, some may not be able to remember what they had for breakfast the day of for example. However, this is just temporary and once the head clears all memories are safe and kept. This has proved to be a greatly beneficial procedure that does not inflict harm, and you can genuinely see a positive change afterwards.