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William Sargant

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born

April 24, 1907

died

August 27, 1988

gender

male

genre

Psychology

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William Walters Sargant was a controversial British psychiatrist who is remembered for the evangelical zeal with which he promoted treatments such as psychosurgery, deep sleep treatment, electroconvulsive therapy and insulin shock therapy. Sargant studied medicine at St John's College, Cambridge, and qualified as a doctor at St Mary's Hospital, London. His ambition to be a physician was thwarted by a disastrous piece of research and a nervous breakdown, after which he turned his attention to psychiatry. Having trained under Edward Mapother at the Maudsley Hospital, he worked at the Sutton Emergency Medical Service during World War II. In 1948 he was appointed director of the department of psychological medicine at St Thomas' Hospital, Londo...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 29 ratings · 5 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Battle for the Mind: A Physiology of Conversion and Brain-Washing 3.81 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1961 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Unquiet Mind 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Mind Possessed: A Physiology of Possession, Mysticism, and Faith Healing 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	My rating:
	Social Innovators and Their Schemes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	An Introduction To Physical Methods Of Treatment In Psychiatry by William Sargant, Eliot Slater 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:

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