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Clinically referred to as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). See also Institutionalized.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Antonin Artaud	Playwright	4-Sep-1896	4-Mar-1948	Theater of Cruelty
David Bohm	Physicist	20-Dec-1917	29-Oct-1992	Particle physicist
Clara Bow	Actor	29-Jul-1905	26-Sep-1965	Schizophrenic actress, Wings
Richard Brautigan	Author	30-Jan-1935	14-Oct-1984	So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away
Emanuel Bronner	Business	1-Feb-1908	7-Mar-1997	Soap label philosopher
Hayden Carruth	Poet	3-Aug-1921	29-Sep-2008	Brothers, I Loved You All
Dick Cavett	Talk Show Host	19-Nov-1936		The Dick Cavett Show
Paulo Coelho	Novelist	24-Aug-1947		The Alchemist
Juan Corona	Criminal	1934		Serial killer serving 25 life sentences
Kitty Dukakis	First Lady	26-Dec-1936		Wife of Michael Dukakis
Thomas Eagleton	Politician	4-Sep-1929	4-Mar-2007	US Senator from Missouri, 1969-87
Roky Erickson	Singer/Songwriter	15-Jul-1947		13th Floor Elevators
Frances Farmer	Actor	19-Sep-1913	1-Aug-1970	Hollywood actress, institutionalized
Carrie Fisher	Actor	21-Oct-1956		Princess Leia in Star Wars
Janet Frame	Author	28-Aug-1924	29-Jan-2004	Kiwi author, subject of An Angel at My Table
Judy Garland	Singer	10-Jun-1922	22-Jun-1969	Dorothy in Wizard of Oz
Allen Ginsberg	Poet	3-Jun-1926	5-Apr-1997	Howl!
Peter Green	Musician	29-Oct-1946		Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
Roy Harper	Guitarist	12-Jun-1941		Vocals for Have a Cigar
H. D.	Poet	10-Sep-1886	27-Sep-1961	Imagist poet, Sea Garden
David Helfgott	Musician	19-May-1947		Subject of the biopic Shine
Ernest Hemingway	Author	21-Jul-1899	2-Jul-1961	The Old Man And The Sea
Vladimir Horowitz	Pianist	1-Oct-1903	5-Nov-1989	Virtuoso pianist
Celia Imrie	Actor	15-Jul-1952		Gloria Millington on Kingdom
Vivien Leigh	Actor	5-Nov-1913	8-Jul-1967	Gone With The Wind
Spike Milligan	Comic	16-Apr-1918	27-Feb-2002	The Goon Show
Thelonious Monk	Jazz Musician	10-Oct-1917	17-Feb-1982	Influential Bebop pianist and composer
Johnny O'Keefe	Musician	6-Jan-1935	6-Oct-1978	King of Australian rock and roll
Harvey Pekar	Author	8-Oct-1939	12-Jul-2010	American Splendor
Robert Pirsig	Author	6-Sep-1928		Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Sylvia Plath	Poet	27-Oct-1932	11-Feb-1963	Daddy
Cole Porter	Composer	9-Jun-1891	15-Oct-1964	I've Got You Under My Skin
Bud Powell	Pianist	27-Sep-1924	31-Jul-1966	Seminal bop pianist and composer
Lou Reed	Musician	2-Mar-1942	27-Oct-2013	The Velvet Underground
Paul Robeson	Singer	9-Apr-1898	23-Jan-1976	20th Century renaissance man
Theodore Roethke	Poet	25-May-1908	1-Aug-1963	The Waking
Yves Saint Laurent	Fashion Designer	1-Aug-1936	1-Jun-2008	Christian Dior protege
Michelle Shocked	Musician	24-Feb-1962		Short Sharp Shocked
William Styron	Novelist	11-Jun-1925	31-Oct-2006	The Confessions of Nat Turner
Gene Tierney	Actor	19-Nov-1920	6-Nov-1991	Laura
Townes Van Zandt	Singer/Songwriter	7-Mar-1944	1-Jan-1997	For the Sake of the Song
David Foster Wallace	Novelist	21-Feb-1962	12-Sep-2008	Infinite Jest
Jonathan Winters	Comic	11-Nov-1925	11-Apr-2013	Mearth, son of Mork
James Wright	Poet	13-Dec-1927	25-Mar-1980	The Branch Will Not Break
Tammy Wynette	Country Musician	5-May-1942	6-Apr-1998	Stand By Your Man

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