The sleep room / Jon Stock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stock, Jon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sargant, William Walters.

Psychiatrists--Great Britain--Biography.

Psychiatrists.

Psychiatrists--Malpractice--Great Britain.

Women--Crimes against--Great Britain--20th century.

Women.

Royal Waterloo Hospital (London, England).

Psychiatry--History--20th century.

Psychiatry.

Malpractice.

Psychiatrists--ethics.

Professional Misconduct.

malpractice.

Medical Subjects:

Psychiatrists--ethics.

Malpractice.

Professional Misconduct.

Physical Description:

416 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Subtitle on cover: A very British medical scandal

Place of Publication:

London : The Bridge Street Press, 2025.

Summary:

The Royal Waterloo Hospital, London in the 1960s. Six young women lie asleep on low beds. Day and night no longer exist, extinguished by a potent cocktail of antipsychotic, sedative and anti-depressant drugs. The women are taken from their beds by the nurses and given electroconvulsive therapy before being put to sleep again. All under the predatory eye of Dr William Sargant. 'The Sleep Room' is a chilling expoš of Sargant's bizarre psychiatric treatments that were inflicted on hundreds of women with mental illness - among them the actor Celia Imrie. At the story's centre is a sinister and charismatic doctor, who was a hugely influential figure in post-war British society. When Sargant died in 1988, the obituaries were glowing. But since then, women treated without their consent and with often horrific side-effects lasting decades have been campaigning to tell the truth about Sargant.

Notes:

Subtitle on cover: A very British medical scandal.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780349128894

0349128898

9780349128900

0349128901

OCLC:

1513469547