Nise da Silveira (1905–1999)
Born 1905 CE, died 1999 CE.
Nise da Silveira (February 15, 1905 – October 30, 1999) was a Brazilian psychiatrist and a student of Carl Jung. She devoted her life to psychiatry and challenged the conventional orthodoxies of her era, which insisted on using institutionalization and aggressive forms of medical intervention, including electroconvulsive therapy, insulin shock therapy and lobotomy to treat mental illnesses.
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