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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782596703321

Autore

Fink Max <1923->

Titolo

Electroconvulsive therapy [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for professionals and their patients / / Max Fink

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-281-86834-5

9786611868345

0-19-971094-5

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FinkMax <1923->

Disciplina

616.89/122

Soggetti

Electroconvulsive therapy

Electrotherapeutics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Electroshock : healing mental illness. 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-151) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; ONE: What Is Electroconvulsive Therapy?; TWO: The Patient's Experience; THREE: The Treatment Technique; FOUR: Side Effects and Memory Issues; FIVE: Depressive Mood Disorders; SIX: Manic Mood Disorders; SEVEN: Movement Disorders; EIGHT: Other Uses: Psychosis, Pregnancy, and Status Epilepticus; NINE: Pediatric ECT; TEN: How Does ECT Work?; ELEVEN: How Did Convulsive Therapy Originate?; TWELVE: Is Brain Stimulation an Alternative to ECT?; THIRTEEN: Is ECT Practice Ethical?; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), despite its controversial history, may well represent the only viable treatment for severe psychiatric illness in those for whom medication is not an option. In Electronconvulsive Therapy, Dr. Max Fink draws on over 50 years of clinical experience to describe this safe, painless, and often life-saving treatment. Extensively revised and restructured since its original publication a decade ago, the book provides readers with a detailed explanation of the ECT procedure, helping them to better understand and prepare for treatment. Discussions of the mechanisms of