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

• Autore: Fink Max <1923->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.89/122
• Soggetto topico: Electroconvulsive therapy; Electrotherapeutics
• Altri autori: FinkMax <1923->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Electroconvulsive therapy
• ISBN: 1-281-86834-5; 9786611868345; 0-19-971094-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782596703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II