William Sargant

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William Walters Sargant ( April 24, 1907 - August 27, 1988 ) was a controversial British psychiatrist . He studied medicine at St John's College of the University of Cambridge and a doctorate at St. Mary's Hospital in London. Sargant advocated methods that are no longer used today, such as insulin shock therapy , psychosurgery , sleep therapy and the forerunners of the later electroconvulsive therapy , which he preferred to all forms of psychotherapy .

Works (selection)

With E. Slater: An introduction to physical methods of treatment in psychiatry. E&S Livingstone, Edinburgh 1944.
Battle for the mind: a physiology of conversion and brainwashing. Heinemann, London 1957. New edition as Battle for the mind: a physiology of conversion and brainwashing. Malor Books 1997, ISBN 1-883536-06-5 .
The unquiet mind: the autobiography of a physician in psychological medicine. Heinemann, London 1967.
The mind possessed: a physiology of possession, mysticism, and faith healing. Heinemann, London 1973.

personal data
SURNAME	Sargant, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sargant, William Walters (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British psychiatrist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 24, 1907
DATE OF DEATH	August 27, 1988