Shock therapy : a history of electroconvulsive treatment in mental illness / Edward Shorter, David H...
Shock therapy : a history of electroconvulsive treatment in mental illness / Edward Shorter, David H...
Shock therapy : a history of electroconvulsive treatment in mental illness / Edward Shorter, David Healy.
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New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2007.
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N616.89122/2
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English
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xii, 382 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
The penicillin of psychiatry? -- "Some experiments on the biological influencing of the course of schizophrenia" -- "Madness cured with electricity" -- From the university clinic to the psychiatric institute: shock therapy goes global -- The couch or the treatment table? -- "ECT does not create zomb...
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Publisher
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2007.
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New Jersey
Date Published
c2007.
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"Electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, has in the last thirty years been considered a method of last resort in the treatment of debilitating depression, suicidal ideation, and other forms of mental illness. Yet, ironically, its effectiveness in treating these patients would suggest it as a frontline therapy, bringing relief from acute symptoms and sav...
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Shock therapy : a history of electroconvulsive treatment in mental illness / Edward Shorter, David Healy.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-362) and index.
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N616.89122/2
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74VMbLlzRzWd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMbLlzRzWd
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9780813541693 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0813541697 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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616.89122
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991000805789702626
