Donald Ewen Cameron

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1901 – 1967

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Who was Donald Ewen Cameron?

Donald Ewen Cameronknown as D. Ewen Cameron or Ewen Cameron — was a Scottish-born psychiatrist involved in the Central Intelligence Agency's MKULTRA mind control program. He served as President of the Canadian, American and World Psychiatric Associations, the American Psychopathological Association and the Society of Biological Psychiatry during the 1950s. Notwithstanding his high professional reputation, he has been criticized for his administration, without informed consent, of disproportionately-intense electroshock therapy and experimental drugs, including LSD, which rendered some patients permanently comatose.

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Born
Dec 24, 1901
Bridge of Allan
Also known as
  • Dr. Ewen Cameron
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • University of Glasgow
Lived in
  • Albany
Died
Sep 8, 1967
Lake Placid

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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