Notable Work
electroconvulsive therapy
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q3556774 · wikidata
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Lucio Bini
1908-01-01 – 1964-01-01
Life & Legacy
Lucio Bini (18 September 1908 – 15 August 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. He is regarded as the technical and physiological architect of electroconvulsive therapy, designing the original Cerletti–Bini apparatus used to induce therapeutic seizures in patients with psychotic disorders in 1938–1939.
Occupation & Career
neurologist, neuroscientist, inventor, psychiatrist
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
electroconvulsive therapy
Legacy Highlights
Employer
Sapienza University of Rome
Notable Work
electroconvulsive therapy
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Sources & Provenance
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