Blake Morrison's review of Jon Stock's book "The Sleep Room" discusses the horrific practices in 1960s psychiatry, particularly concerning electroconvulsive therapy and the treatment of vulnerable adolescents. The author recounts their experience having been admitted to a psychiatric hospital at the same age as Celia Imrie. They express gratitude for their treatment but emphasize the overall brutality of the mental health system at the time, calling for greater investment and regulatory oversight to protect the vulnerable, especially in child and adolescent mental health services.
Morrison's review of Stock's expose of William Sargant and 1960s psychiatry reinforces my sense of good fortune, against all the odds at the time.
That it was acceptable for a vulnerable adolescent to be subjected to this speaks itself for the barbarism of those with influence and power in mental health practice at the time.
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