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Shocking enough there was a time when lobotomies and electro-convulsive therapy were routine treatments for mental illness. Even more shocking that it was common in Britain as recently as the 1950s, until the advent of pharmacological approaches- although ECT is still sometimes used today.

In some ways things have certainly improved compared to the Victorian-era lunatic asylums Emilie Autumn alludes to her works and music but in other ways, there’s still a long way to go.