Psychiatrists experimented on WWII Vets
2013-12-11 18:30:21.78352+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Wall Street Journal: Lobotomy for World War II Veterans: Psychiatric Care By US Government:
The U.S. government lobotomized roughly 2,000 mentally ill veteransand likely hundreds moreduring and after World War II, according to a cache of forgotten memos, letters and government reports unearthed by The Wall Street Journal. Besieged by psychologically damaged troops returning from the battlefields of North Africa, Europe and the Pacific, the Veterans Administration performed the brain-altering operation on former servicemen it diagnosed as depressives, psychotics and schizophrenics, and occasionally on people identified as homosexuals.