William Sargant Quotes

United Kingdom, Psychiatrist
April 24, 1907 – August, 27, 1988.

William Walters Sargant was a British psychiatrist who is remembered for the evangelical zeal with which he promoted treatments such as psychosurgery, deep sleep treatment, electroconvulsive therapy and insulin shock therapy.

In brainwashing and the eliciting of confessions, the physiological importance of inducing a sense of guilt and conflict can hardly be over emphasized.

William Sargant
What is new is not always true, and what is true is not always new.

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- True
- Always

...Jesus Christ might simply have returned to his carpentry following the use of modern psychiatric treatments.

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- Jesus
- Religion
- Treatment