Before the Pill: The Brutal History of Psychiatry

Logosofia no Dia a Dia · Feb 7, 2026 · 26m

What did we do before Prozac? In this episode, Herman and Corn dive into the "shame" of psychiatry, exploring a time when the field lacked objective tools and relied on radical, often terrifying experiments. From the "Moral Treatment" of rural asylums to the Nobel Prize-winning use of malaria and the infamous ice-pick lobotomy, we uncover the desperate measures taken by doctors to "reboot" the human brain. It’s a sobering look at how far we’ve come from the era of "Lobotomobiles" and "wet sheet packs" to the molecular breakthroughs of today. Episode 534 — myweirdprompts.com/n/534 (permanent…