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The Minds of Men

One could sit with one's hand on the knob and control the level of the patient's anxiety

Narrator: Dr. Frank Ervin would later describe how: Ervin: One could sit with one's hand on the knob and control the level of the patient's anxiety

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Narrator: Dr. Frank Ervin would later describe how:
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Ervin: One could sit with one's hand on the knob and control the level of the patient's anxiety.
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02:08:11
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Jul 01, 2025
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"The Minds of Men" is a 3+ year investigation into the experimentation, art, and practice of social engineering and mind control during the Cold War - a mind-bending journey into the past that gives startling insight into the worl...
Delgado: In one of our patients, stimulation through implanted electrodes - The Minds of Men 00:33
Delgado: In one of our patients, stimulation through...
Delgado: Electrical stimulation in one of our patients produced head turning, - The Minds of Men 00:10
Delgado: Electrical stimulation in one of our patients...
This stimulation was repeated six times over two days. - The Minds of Men 00:05
This stimulation was repeated six times over two days.
The patient considered the evoked activity spontaneous and - The Minds of Men 00:09
The patient considered the evoked activity spontaneous and
When asked, "What are you doing?" The answers were, "I'm looking for my slippers." - The Minds of Men 00:32
When asked, "What are you doing?" The answers...
A direct disciple of Dr. Robert Heath, - The Minds of Men 00:19
A direct disciple of Dr. Robert Heath,
The methods of deep brain stimulation that Frank Ervin acquired under Heath - The Minds of Men 00:11
The methods of deep brain stimulation that Frank Ervin...
Ervin's partner and co-author, Dr. Vernon Mark - The Minds of Men 00:25
Ervin's partner and co-author, Dr. Vernon Mark
Doctors Mark and Ervin worked in state-of-the-art facilities under the direction of Dr. William Sweet - The Minds of Men 00:16
Doctors Mark and Ervin worked in state-of-the-art facilities...
Dr. William Sweet, co-inventor of Proton Emission Therapy - The Minds of Men 00:09
Dr. William Sweet, co-inventor of Proton Emission Therapy
Some of this work – including injecting 11 terminally ill and comatose patients with uranium – - The Minds of Men 00:11
Some of this work – including injecting 11 terminally ill...
President Clinton: The U.S. government actually did carry out on our citizens - The Minds of Men 00:08
President Clinton: The U.S. government actually did carry...
While most of the tests were ethical by any standards, some were unethical - The Minds of Men 00:14
While most of the tests were ethical by any standards, some...
Narrator: Allegations of patient abuse and disregard for informed consent - The Minds of Men 00:12
Narrator: Allegations of patient abuse and disregard for...
I realized that psychiatry was going in a very bad direction. - The Minds of Men 00:05
I realized that psychiatry was going in a very bad...
I went into private practice, and I expected to write - The Minds of Men 00:09
I went into private practice, and I expected to write
I was just sitting there reading newspapers, and I opened a psychiatric newspaper. - The Minds of Men 00:07
I was just sitting there reading newspapers, and I opened a...
And in it, I found an announcement of the Second International Conference on Psychosurgeons. - The Minds of Men 00:08
And in it, I found an announcement of the Second...
The first one had occurred decades earlier at the height of psychosurgery. - The Minds of Men 00:06
The first one had occurred decades earlier at the height of...
I couldn't believe it. They were meeting in Copenhagen - The Minds of Men 00:25
I couldn't believe it. They were meeting in Copenhagen