1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000985170403321

Autore

Domb, Cyril

Titolo

Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena / Edited by C. Domb and J.L. Lebowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London [etc.] : Academic Press, 1983

ISBN

0-12-220308-9

Collana

Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena ; 8

Disciplina

530.41

Locazione

FI1

Collocazione

32D-033.008

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449941403321

Autore

Fink Max <1923->

Titolo

Electroshock [[electronic resource] ] : restoring the mind / / by Max Fink

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-756260-4

1-280-47134-4

9786610471348

1-4237-3800-4

0-19-802809-1

1-60256-275-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 p.)

Disciplina

616.89/122

Soggetti

Electroconvulsive therapy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-148) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. What Is Electroshock?; 2. The Patient's Experience; 3. Risks and Contraindications; 4. Technical Features of the Treatment; 5. Depressive Mood Disorders; 6. Manic Mood Disorders; 7. Thought Disorders; 8. Movement Disorders; 9. How Does It Work?; 10. The Origins of Electroshock Therapy; 11. Controversy in Electroshock; 12. Electroshock in the 1990's; Appendix 1: Diagnoses in Which ECT Is Considered Effective; Appendix 2: Diagnoses in Which ECT Is Considered Ineffective; Appendix 3: Sample Consent Form for Electrotherapy; Appendix 4: Medicines; Notes

BibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W;

Sommario/riassunto

Electroshock therapy (ECT) has long suffered from a controversial and bizarre public image, a reputation that has effectively removed it as a treatment option for many patients. In Electroshock, Max Fink, M.D., draws on 45 years of clinical and research experience to argue that ECT is now a safe, effective, painless, and sometimes life-saving treatment for emotional and mental disorders. Dr. Fink discusses the development of ECT from its discovery in 1934, its acceptance and widespread use for two decades until it was largely replaced by the introduction of psychotropic drugs in the 1950's, and



3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996386726503316

Titolo

Articles to be enquired of in the primary visitation of the right reverend father in God John Lord Bishop of Rochester [[electronic resource] ] : and exhibited to the church-wardens and side-men of every parish within the diocese of Rochester, in September, 1668

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for T. Garthwait, 1668

Descrizione fisica

[2], 8, [1] p

Altri autori (Persone)

DolbenJohn <1625-1686.>

Soggetti

Visitations, Ecclesiastical - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Text of articles in black letter.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018