Electroconvulsive therapy [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Abrams

• Autore: Abrams Richard <1937->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002
• Edizione: 4th ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (339 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.89122
• Soggetto topico: Electroconvulsive therapy; Shock therapy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-313) 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: The updated edition of this text on electro convulsive therapy has new material covering 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 (rTMS).
• Titolo autorizzato: Electroconvulsive therapy
• ISBN: 0-19-803378-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453194803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II