[17] Cameron argued that it was necessary for behavioral scientists to act as the social planners of society, and that the United Nations could provide a conduit for implementing his ideas for applying psychiatric elements to global governance and politics. Ben: Even though Cameron never gave the CIA the keys to control peoples minds, he did give them the tools to break peoples minds down experimental drugs, recordings on loop, sensory deprivation. Because his dad isnt around to do it himself. Heres documentarian Stephen Bennett, whose film Eminent Monsters looks at the real echoes of Camerons work in government interrogation programs today. People Projects Discussions Surnames . His brutal techniques involved a three-stage method for brainwashing in order to eliminate the will and establish control: first, mental depatterning achieved through drug-induced coma; massive neuroleptic drug cocktails induced extended sleep lasting up to eighty-six days. Which suggests it was for purposes of, not closure, but of not wanting information to come to light that was in the papers. He theorized that attitudes and beliefs should reinforce the overall attitudes of the desired society. And in a lot of ways, modern psychiatry has completely left behind the man who once dominated its ranks. He is largely known today for his central role in unethical medical experiments, and development of psychological and medical torture techniques for the CIA. But none of us trained in psychiatry. You know, all of us not only respected him, but loved him, and not just myself, but my brothers. The described types were the enemies of society and life. Because it would seem to me, or I was concerned as a lawyer, that it might be a breach of the patient-doctor privilege. It's not clear how many patients Dr. Ewen Cameron's treatments destroyed, but some families have come forward with stories of what was done to their loved ones. Dr. Ewen Cameron wanted to win a Nobel Prize for his work in psychiatry. His work had led him to the belief that mental illness could be "cured" like, say, a broken hip might be rehabilitated. He is largely known today for his central role in unethical medical experiments, and development of psychological and medical torture techniques for the CIA. She said she received 12 boxes of her husbands papers after he died, but that, quote, If I had these papers, I wouldnt necessarily let you see them. Therefore, society should function to select out the weak and unwanted, those apt towards fearsome aggression that threatened society. Indian River. He never got one. Photo by Courtesy of Julie Tanny For the first four years of Julie Tanny's. And here I am looking much younger than I am now. She went from apartment to apartment, mental hospital to mental hospital. I'm the oldest son of Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron and Jean Cameron. [23][24] He is unrelated to another CIA psychiatrist, Alan S. Cameron, who helped pioneer psychological profiling of world leaders during the 1970s and was not associated with the behavioral modification research program. Cleghorn immediately ended Camerons program. Scottish-American psychiatrist Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron led and conducted these experiments. Here in the hospital Cameron could observe how the psychiatric patient resembled patients with other diseases that were not psychiatric in nature. During those years, Cameron began to expand on his thoughts about the interrelationships of mind and body, developing a reputation as a psychiatrist who could bridge the gap between the organic, structural neurologists, and the psychiatrists whose knowledge of anatomy was limited to maps of the mind as opposed to maps of the brain. And he was a fast driver. v USA, 1988] Tom Beauchamp, a leading American bioethicist was an expert witness for Camerons estate, arguing that Camerons treatment complied with the norm and practice of the day. from the University of London in 1925, and an M.D. Traces of some survived, including documentation on Sub-project 42 also known as Operation Midnight Climax and sub-project 68. Harvey: It is frustrating, and if you talk about a story with no end, I think the important thing to remember is that it isn't just the patients who went through this, it was their families. After his treatments patients were unable to function; they had been reduced to a state of infancy. Please note . Everyone who makes a monthly donation will get access to upcoming bonus content from the making of our series. Police, hospitals, government, and schools would need to use the correct psychiatric authority to stop mental contagions from spreading. Duncan: It's really a very moving editorial. Amory: He doesnt explicitly say that he was the one who did the destroying. Cameron began to base some of his notions on race, as is seen in his theories regarding the German people. First I have to say that my father was exceedingly committed to his field. Amory: Jim Turner was one of two prosecutors on the case. Amory: This is a hard reality for the family that Ewen Cameron left behind. father. This personality type poses a danger to those closest to them, especially children. It is true. What started as short-term depression before the Allan, morphed into chronic depression, as well as diagnosed schizophrenia and bipolar disorder afterwards. For example, something like rock music could be created by mentally ill people and would produce mentally ill people through infection, which in turn would be transmitted to the genes. [13], In 1945, Cameron, Nolan D. C. Lewis and Dr Paul L. Schroeder, colonel and psychiatrist, University College of Illinois, were invited to the Nuremberg trials for a psychiatric evaluation of Rudolf Hess. And he always had a little book of science fiction by the bedside. The victims and their lawyers want us to remember that this story isnt over. in psychological medicine from the University of Glasgow in 1924, a D.P.M. There must have been records of experiments. Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron did experiments so horrifying he's been called "Scotland's Mengele." Here's why MKUltra's top brainwashing scientist was a nightmare. Amory: Sarah Anne Johnson, whose grandmother Val Orlikow was a patient of Ewen Camerons, has a response to Duncan that, considering what her family has been through as a result of his fathers experimentation, is surprising. Ben: Did he have any favorite sayings or idiosyncrasies or things like that that you remember or that made an impression on you when you were younger? . And Mary Morrow? Esther Schrier who was a nurse at Montreal's Jewish General Hospital tragically lost her first child at just three weeks of age. Or do you remember any of --. Unfortunately, a lot of what went on within them has been lost: In 1973, the majority of the documents associated with MKUltra were destroyed in a massive (and not-at-all-suspicious) purge. The lawsuits were dismissed, even though it was later shown there were a higher-than-usual number of people diagnosed with schizophrenia, presumably to increase Cameron's subject pool. In 1926, he served as assistant medical officer there[9] and was introduced to psychiatrist Sir David Henderson, a student of Swiss-born US psychiatrist Adolf Meyer. Alison believes those random phrases her mother would sometimes say were from the recordings that she'd been forced to listen to for hours. Skip Ancestry . His focus on children included the rights to protection against outmoded, doctrinaire tactics, and the necessity for the implantation of taboos and inhibitions from their parents. Amory: But Cameron was publishing articles and giving speeches about his work throughout his life. Cregg: What do you know about mind-control experiments? All Germans on trial would be assessed according to the likeliness for committing the crime. And here he is with me many years ago. Birthdate: June 04, 1906. Jean spent three months under Cameron's care, and spent two periods in a drug-induced coma. Cameron wanted to build an inventive psychiatric institution to determine rapid ways for societal control while demanding a psychological economy that did not center itself around guilt and guilt complexes. In compliance with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requirements, some of these records are no longer in the physical possession of the FBI, eliminating the FBI's capability to re-review and/or re-process this material. He promoted a philosophy where chaos could be prevented by removing the weak from society. Amory: Were bringing you the last installment of our special series: Madness The secret mission for mind control and the people who paid the price. His occupation was occupation. His theories of behavior stressed the unity of the organism with the environment; the book also outlined experimental method and research design. If he had a choice he would have kept living forever. My recollection was that I wasn't able to provide him with much information that he didn't already have. Joseph Rauh (from the transcript): But as far as you know now, neither you nor your brother or sister or mother have *any* papers left that are not sort of public documents? In other words, they really must have seen that there was something wrong and crazy. Research genealogy for Donald Ewen Cameron of lambeth, as well as other members of the Cameron family, on Ancestry. For Cameron, the traits were contagions and anyone affected by the societal, cultural or personality forms would themselves be infected. According to The Washington Post, Cameron was recruited in 1957, and he was a big deal. Ewen Cameron made the hike with Duncans younger brother, James. (Rubenstein LS. Amory: Marian was 5 years old when her mom was admitted to the Allan for what she thinks was postpartum depression. There was also Donald Hebb, who ran McGills psychology department at the time Cameron was running its psychiatry department. [1] In papers published during this time he linked RNA to memory. Memories are not the most reliable form of evidence. After one test he noted: "Although the patient was prepared by both prolonged sensory isolation (35 days) and by repeated depatterning, and although she received 101 days of positive driving, no favourable results were obtained." And I think you have, as much as love that you had for him you also had respect for him. The idea was turning the mind into a fresh slate for the next part of the process, called "psychic driving.". Duncan: Yes. There's my father and my mother. As for the ongoing lawsuits, some of the plaintiffs have actually contacted Duncan wondering if hed be willing to support their efforts. The idea was to first "depattern" the person in question. By literally wiping the minds of his subjects clean by depatterning and then trying to program in new behavior, Cameron carried the process known as brainwashing to its logical extreme., The dehumanizing nature of his methods were published in premier medical journals without any complaints from other psychiatrists; Cameron read papers about depatterning with electroshock before meetings of his fellow psychiatrists; and they rewarded him, electing him president of the American, Canadian, and World Psychiatric Associations. That's how quick it is because it removes your time and space. Genealogy profile for Major Donald of 4th Chief Clunes "Old '45" Cameron Major Cameron . She very slowly recovered mostly and died in 2017. Amory: Just not in the way he might have hoped. Rauh: --Well, I will put it another way. He came up with the idea that if he presented the world and confronted the Germans with the atrocities committed during the war, the world and the Germans would refrain from repeated acts of extreme aggression. . So we dont have access to Cameron's thoughts on his own legacy. Ben: Robert Cleghorn, a former member of Camerons staff, took over after Cameron stepped down. Amory: In the early 60s, MK-ULTRA director Sidney Gottlieb took the so-called treatments Cameron used on his patients at the Allan and brought them back to the CIA. Donald Ewen Cameron 24 December 1901 - 8 September 1967)[1] was a Scottish-born psychiatrist. She never did get her children back. We put this to Harvey Weinstein, the psychiatrist we heard from earlier, whose father was a patient at the Allan. Ben: Sure, but I mean, in terms of trying to help cure people of mental illness or anything like that, not necessarily his process, but his end goal. Deze informatie is onderdeel van Families Klein, Ree, de Breed en de Vries van Terschelling van Marthan Klein op Genealogie Online. The psychiatric community could have questioned his methods, but they remained silent. The psychological experimentation project, known as MK Ultra, was allegedly funded by the Canadian government and the United States Central Intelligence Agency. Ben: But Duncan is still, in some ways, trying to defend his dads honor. We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each person's profile. Ben: Today we grapple with Dr. Ewen Camerons legacy. His list of credentials was so long it's impossible to list them all, but for starters, his resume included the University of Glasgow and Johns Hopkins, and in the 1930s, he was lauded for setting up a series of psychiatric clinics. He was always interested in the future. Joseph Rauh Jr. was one of the attorneys that represented the group who filed lawsuits in the mid-1980s. She had no idea how to boil water, much less care for a child. Typically, I would show up there and, if it was a Friday, ask if I could have a lift down to Lake Placid. When asked about the decision to involve Cameron in MK-ULTRA, John Gittinger, the CIA officer in charge of monitoring his work said, quote, Now that was a foolish mistake. And this is a picture up with my brother, Stuart. We encourage you to research and examine these records . [citation needed] He furthermore wanted to understand the problems of memory caused by aging, believing that the aged brain experienced psychosis. with distinction from the University of Glasgow in 1936.[8]. And we would take off. And they found his work next to worthless. So we don't have. Through his instruction of nurses and psychiatrists he became an authority in his areas of concentration. Donald Hebb and Ewen Cameron were competitors; they did not collaborate, though Cameron incorporated Hebbs sensory isolation techniques into his own diabolical arsenal of psychiatrys instruments of torture. He died of a heart attack while climbing a mountain in the Adirondacks in 1967. And that kind of explains why, when they were ordered to stop their depatterning and psychic driving of patients, they just sort of didn't. Ben: He looks like hes having a good time. Donald Cameron of Lochiel (c.1700 - October 1748), was an influential Highland Clan Chief known for his magnanimous and gallant nature. Case of Gail Kastner: The shock treatment turned the then 19 year old honours student into a woman who sucked her thumb, talked like a baby, demanded to be fed from a bottle and urinated on the floor. At that point her affluent family abandoned her and she lived in poverty. And they haven't been super successful. Research genealogy for Donald Ewen Cameron of Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA, as well as other members of the Cameron family, on Ancestry. Ben: Duncan Cameron was 10 years old when his dad became the Director of the Allan Memorial Institute in Montreal. [citation needed]; if the greater population of Germany saw the atrocities of World War II, they would surely submit to a re-organized system of justice. In fact, he might have enjoyed those more. The goal, says CBC, was to reduce the patient to what was called a "childlike state," with some people destroyed so completely that they could no longer walk, talk, or dress themselves Shoelaces? Amory: The answer might be in the idea of brainwashing itself. Skip Ancestry main menu Main Menu. Hes in his mid-80s now. Cameron used his ideas to implement policies on who should govern and parent in society. . Amory: And, they delivered, with a full transcript of Duncans deposition from November, 1983. Kinzer: If Cameron had failed to find an effective means of mind control despite carrying out the most reckless experiments, in which he was willing to take any kind of a grotesque step in an effort to find that key, this must have helped feed Gottlieb's conclusion that the whole thing didn't exist. Psychiatry would play a disciplinary role. in psychological medicine from the University of Glasgow in 1924, a D.P.M. He served as president of the American Psychiatric Association , Canadian Psychiatric Association ,[2] American Psychopathological Association . It was a heart attack and was very sudden. Amory: He remembers his dad working a lot during this time, which, definitely tracks. John Marks: The Allan Memorial Institute under Cleghorn commissioned a study of his work, which is absolutely or almost absolutely unprecedented in the psychiatric field. Duncan: I started work at the State Department just a day or so before Kennedy was assassinated. On March 10, Cameron's notes read: "She is disoriented as to time only and is probably in her second stage of depatterning. So I think in a certain way they believed that what fiction writers could come up with, somebody could actually make real. Ben: Camerons research could never happen today at least not lawfully. Morrow's family got involved, and it was only at their insistence that she was transferred to another hospital. Don't worry, it gets worse. Amory: In spite of Camerons ambition and prestige, he never helped find a cure for mental illness, he never won a Nobel Prize for psychiatry. Harvey: Here he is trying to reach the peak, trying to climb the mountain, reach this goal. They also asked him for clarification about what happened to his father's personal papers and patient records, and he replied, "Well, I didn't destroy the documents. There are movies like Gaslight and Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Cameron's work stopped when she gave birth, and Lloyd remembered a broken mother. Ben: As for the CIAs MK-ULTRA program itself, it never had an official end date. Amory: Duncan struggles dealing with his dads legacy because he cant speak to why his dad did what he did. Ben: Jims right. Care of his patients went to his assistants, and here's where things get even weirder. Cameron believed that mental illness was literally contagious that if one came into contact with someone with mental illness, one would begin to produce the symptoms of a mental disease. On March 12, her records show she was considered "depatterned": She could no longer stand, speak, could barely swallow, was incontinent, and required treatment by an obstetrician for severe bleeding. (McCoy, 2007), According to Leonard Rubenstein, an attorney for plaintiffs [Mrs. David Orlikow et al. [14] Hess later confessed that he had faked the amnesia. And in that he took some risks, obviously. He recruited psychoanalysts, social psychiatrists and biologists globally to develop the psychiatry program at McGill[12] From its beginning in 1943, the Allan Memorial Institute was run on an "open door" basis, allowing patients to leave if they wished, as opposed to the "closed door" policy of other hospitals in Canada in the early 1940s. "Madness: The Secret Mission for Mind Control and the People Who Paid the Price" an investigative series in 5 parts unravels the shocking history of CIA-funded mind-control experiments. Ben: When Amory and I spoke to Duncan Cameron about his dad, he also told us about his own work, as a lawyer. Agnes was born in 1844, in Richmond Victoria Australia. Stephen Bennett: If I put one of you, either Ben or Amory, into prison for two, three years, you should be okay because you can have time and space. Amory: Duncan has a very different picture of his father, a whole bunch of them actually. 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