Lucio Bini
Lucio Bini (1908–1964) was an Italian psychiatrist and professor at the University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy. Together with Ugo Cerletti, a neurophysiologist and a psychiatrist, he researched and discovered the method of electroconvulsive therapy, a type of shock therapy for mental diseases.
References[]
- Kalinowsky, LB: Lucio Bini (September 18, 1908 – 1964). Am J Psychiatry (1965) Apr;121:1041-2.
External Links
- Lucio Bini Electroconvulsive Therapy Records from the Menninger Foundation Historic Psychiatry Collection available on Kansas Memory http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/223271
Categories:
- Italian neuroscientists
- Sapienza University of Rome faculty
- 1908 births
- 1964 deaths
- 20th-century Italian inventors
- Neurophysiologists
- 20th-century Italian physicians
- Italian scientist stubs
- Psychiatrist stubs