About this episode

Alyssa Ryvers shares the story of her mother Carol and her experiences with Dr. Heinz Lehmann's revolutionary psychiatric treatment.

A self portrait triggers a young woman to be sent for psychiatric treatment, forever changing her life. Alyssa Ryvers tells the story of her mother Carol — a patient of Dr. Heinz Lehmann, the man who revolutionised psychiatry with a drug he found in a journal while sitting in his bathtub. But was he helping his patients? To listen to all episodes right now and ad-free go to the Always True Crime Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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