Lothar Kalinowsky (December 28, 1899, in Berlin – June 28, 1992, in New York) was an American psychiatrist best known for advocating electroconvulsive therapy.Pace, Eric (June 30, 1992). Lothar Kalinowsky, A Psychiatrist, 92; Used Electroshocks. New York TimesKneeland TW, Warren CAB (2002). Pushbutton Psychiatry: A History of Electroshock in America. Praeger,
He contributed to the second edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
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