# The Odd Use of the Isolation Helmet

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Podcast: [The Broken Brain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-broken-brain-1612431)
Published: 2026-03-05T14:42:00+00:00
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## Resource

The Isolation Helmet was an inventive, and quite odd, treatment device for mental health. Today we revisit this former episode of Thursday Thistory, with one important difference: Everyone gets the FULL episode! Try to control your excitement! Usually these history lessons are only available in full to Patreon donors, but everyone gets this one. The highlighted nonprofit this month is CHIRLA: The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights. Go to www.CHIRLA.org to learn more and support this amazing and important organization.

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