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Ugo Cerletti

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Italian neurologist (1877-1963)

ItalyAcademicsLived 1877 to 1963 · aged 85
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Ugo Cerletti was an Italian neurologist who discovered the method of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) used in psychiatry. Electroconvulsive therapy is a therapy in which electric current is used to provoke a seizure for a short duration.

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Cerletti's ECT machine preserved at Museo di Storia della Medicina in RomeCerletti's ECT machine preserved at Museo di Storia della Medicina in Rome

Awards 2

1950doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris
honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal

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Alain ReyAlso won honorary doctorate from the Université de MontréalJean DrapeauAlso won honorary doctorate from the Université de MontréalConrad Hal WaddingtonAlso won honorary doctorate from the Université de MontréalRoman JackiwAlso won honorary doctorate from the Université de MontréalBeverley McLachlinAlso won honorary doctorate from the Université de MontréalMerritt Lyndon FernaldAlso won honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal

About this person

Ugo Cerletti was an Italian neurologist who discovered the method of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) used in psychiatry. Electroconvulsive therapy is a therapy in which electric current is used to provoke a seizure for a short duration. This therapy is used in an attempt to treat certain mental disorders, and may be useful when other possible treatments have not, or cannot, cure the person of their mental disorder.

Country
Italy
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Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1877 to 1963 · aged 85
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15 languages

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