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True: In 19th-century U.K. and Europe, psychiatric patients suffering from "mania" were put in a large, circulating swing as a method for calming them down. About this rating Psychiatric treatments have a spotty historic record, with numerous dubious methods employed over the centuries, particularly across Europe. As scientists experimented on patients, they often resorted to increasingly reckless treatments, like lobotomies, electro (Source: Snopes)