A new book investigates the alarming practices of an eminent British psychiatrist who believed in treating mental illness with high-risk physical interventions.

In his new book, "The Sleep Room: A Sadistic Psychiatrist and the Women Who Survived Him," author Jon Stock tells the story of women subjected to various medical procedures without their consent ...

In his new book, "The Sleep Room: A Sadistic Psychiatrist and the Women Who Survived Him," author Jon Stock tells the story of women subjected to various medical procedures without their consent ...

In the 1960s, a hospital in London held a ward full of women who suffered from a range of mental disorders. The women in this “sleep room” were subjected to various medical procedures ...