- Abram Bennett
Abram Elting Bennett (1898-1985) was an American
psychiatrist best known for his work onelectroconvulsive therapy (ECT).Shorter, Edward (2005). "A Historical Dictionary of Psychiatry". Oxford University Press ISBN 0195176685]Bennett published over 50 research articles and several books, including "Fifty Years in Neurology and Psychiatry" (1972), "Alcoholism and the Brain" (1977) and "Huguenots Migration: Descendants' Contributions to America" (1984). In the 1930s, Bennett introduced the use of
curare to prevent fractures and other adverse side effects caused by shock treatments. He also advocatedpentylenetetrazol to induce convulsions in patients.Shorter, Edward and David Healy (2007). "Shock Therapy: A History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness". Rutgers University Press, ISBN 0813541697]Bennett was affiliated with
Johns Hopkins University , Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital inOmaha, Nebraska and theCalifornia Pacific Medical Center .He contributed to the second edition of the "
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ".References
External links
* [http://www.cpmc.org/professionals/hslibrary/collections/guedel/bennett.html Pioneers: Abram Elting Bennett, M.D.] via California Pacific Medical Center
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.