Archives Donation to University of Illinois at Chicago Dr. Abraham Low Special Collection

Archives Donation to University of Illinois at Chicago Dr. Abraham Low Special Collection July 28, 2021 Eighty years ago, the state-of-the-art treatment for mental illness was electric shock treatment.  Cold water immersion, insulin shock and lobotomies were other remedies for those with recurrent “nervous” disorders.  The stigma of mental illness was compounded in states like Illinois, […]