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Lucio Bini

Psychiatrists and Neurologists

Lucio Bini was an Italian psychiatrist who, working with his supervisor Ugo Cerletti at Sapienza University of Rome, co-developed electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and designed the apparatus used to deliver it. On 11 April 1938 the two administered the first electrically induced convulsive treatment to a human patient, developed to replace earlier convulsive therapies induced by injected drugs, which were harder to control and time precisely. Bini is regarded as the treatment's technical and physiological architect.

Facts
Birth Year
1908 1
Birth Date
1908-09-18 2
Death Year
1964 2
Death Date
1964-08-15 2
FAQs

What was Lucio Bini's role in developing electroconvulsive therapy?

He co-discovered electroconvulsive therapy and designed the original apparatus.

Lucio Bini was an Italian psychiatrist and professor at the University of Rome La Sapienza. Together with Ugo Cerletti he researched and discovered the method of electroconvulsive therapy. He is regarded as its technical and physiological architect, designing the original Cerletti-Bini apparatus used to induce therapeutic seizures in 1938 to 1939.
Connections

Associated With

Ugo Cerletti, Healers

Co-developed electroconvulsive therapy together, 1938.

Source Ugo Cerletti (Wikipedia)

Discoveries

Electroconvulsive Therapy, Treatments
Source Wikipedia: Electroconvulsive Therapy

Specialist In

Psychiatry, Medical Specialties
Source Lucio Bini (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

Italy

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Lucio Bini
Sources
1. Wikidata: Lucio Bini
  • Wikidata Q3556774, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata P569 (w-bbfill-medicine3-0926)
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2. Lucio Bini (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Collaboration with Cerletti; 11 April 1938 first treatment; Role as apparatus designer
  • Specialist In: Psychiatry
  • In Group: Neurologists and Biological Psychiatry Pioneers, Introduction, sentence 2
    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.
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Wikipedia: Electroconvulsive Therapy
WikipediaDiscoveries: Electroconvulsive TherapyView the Source
Ugo Cerletti (Wikipedia)
WikipediaAssociated With: Ugo CerlettiView the Source
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