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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812386903321

Autore

Abrams Richard <1937->

Titolo

Electroconvulsive therapy / / Richard Abrams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford Unversity Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-028740-3

0-19-770643-6

0-19-803378-8

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

616.89122

Soggetti

Electroconvulsive therapy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous edition: 1997.

Previously issued in print: 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. History of Electroconvulsive Therapy; 2. Efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy; 3. Prediction of Response to Electroconvulsive Therapy; 4. The Medical Physiology of Electroconvulsive Therapy; 5. Electroconvulsive Therapy in the High-Risk Patient; 6. The Electroconvulsive Therapy Stimulus, Seizure Induction, and Seizure Quality; 7. Treatment Electrode Placement: Bitemporal, Unilateral, Bifrontal; 8. Technique of Electroconvulsive Therapy: Theory; 9. Technique of Electroconvulsive Therapy: Praxis; 10. Memory and Cognitive Functioning After Electroconvulsive Therapy

11. Neurobiological Correlates and Mechanisms12. Patients' Attitudes, Medicolegal Considerations, and Informed Consent; 13. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy (TMS); References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

New material for this edition includes coverage of the third edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Task Force Report on ECT (which lays out the boundaries within which ECT should be administered in the US) and a new chapter on transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).