Mental Hospital treatment....HELP!!!?

India
September 23, 2011 10:12am CST
why did they use ice baths on mental patients and did it even help them???
3 responses
huilichan8
@huilichan8 (1378)
• Singapore
23 Sep 11
I didn't know that. I have 2 friends who are schizophrenic...one of them is frequently hospitalised but she didn't mention abt that. What's the purpose of ice baths? Thanks.
oldchem1
@oldchem1 (8132)
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24 Sep 11
This doesn't happen now, it was many years ago that this barbaric treatment happened. The medical staff thought that such treatment shocked the insanity away!!
huilichan8
@huilichan8 (1378)
• Singapore
24 Sep 11
OIC...docs are supposed to be extremely intelligent people and so it's unbelievable that such 'stupid' treatments were being carried out!
edbuex
@edbuex (169)
• Uganda
24 Sep 11
actually they have to answer some cases if taken serious...
oldchem1
@oldchem1 (8132)
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23 Sep 11
In the past the mentally ill (or lunatics as they were referred to)were treated in a shocking way. The old mental institutions or asylums were like prisons; some patients were tied to the walls or a bed with leather restraints. Other common treatments included electroshock therapy, insulin shock therapy, and wrapping patients tightly in sheets that were saturated with ice water or putting them in baths of ice cold water.The shock of this was supposed to calm them, but generally reeked havoc on their bodies.