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...tranquilizing drugs there was general agreement that none of them by itself has cured a single patient; some patients, especially those in hospitals for many years, get no help at all. But granting their limitations, there is no doubt that the drugs have effected a revitalization (if not a Baileyan revolution) in mental hospitals. One psychiatrist after another reported that his hospital had nearly abandoned the use of psychosurgery, electric and insulin shock, tubs, wet packs and restraints. In many state hospitals the former "disturbed wards" are now places of peace and quiet...
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