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Mercy adds psychiatric unit to aid mental illness care
In Cedar Rapids Mercy hospital opens a 12 bed psychiatric division led by Dr. Leo Sedlacek to treat over a hundred patients in 11 months. Nurses note four main illness types schizophrenia manic depression involutional melancholia and psycho neurosis with electric shock therapy used as chief treatment. The program aims to relieve national hospital load and allow earlier detection, with AMA support and staff emphasizing patient safety and daily rounds.
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Fred Remington
United States
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Leo Sedlacek
Mary Jean Flynn
Mercy
American Medical Association For
General Hospitals
AMA
Leo B. Sedlacek
Betty Eslawell
Rose Marie Ryan