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

• Autore: Abrams Richard <1937->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Oxford Unversity Press, , 2023
• Edizione: 4th ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (339 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.89122
• Soggetto topico: Electroconvulsive therapy
• 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).
• Titolo autorizzato: Electroconvulsive therapy
• ISBN: 0-19-770643-6; 0-19-803378-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812386903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.