One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest Not too many books take you into the world of mental illness. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey does. It is told through the eyes of a mental patient named Chief Bromden. He is a northwest Indian, who is disturbed with hallucinations about machines taking over the world he knows. The mental hospital is in Oregon; a Nurse Ratched, has machine like control of everyone and everything in the ward. The ... only hint of her humanity is the ... a good time. Ratched can't fight against the humor because there really wasn't anything wrong about it. McMurphy d...

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... unilateral treatment the electrodes are placed two or three inches apart on the same side of the head. The side that is chosen is the same side as the dominant hand. This method is said to reduce short-term memory loss and confusion, another method of ECT is placing the electrodes over both temples ... are highly intelligent, but tend to see life as a collage of disassociated and often frightening impressions. These people also have trouble coping with the outside world, and are usually locked away in hospitals for life on strong prescription of medications. These do not solve their prob...

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