Electroshock : restoring the mind / by Max Fink.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fink, Max, 1923-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electroconvulsive therapy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Electroconvulsive therapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

0-19-756260-4

1-280-47134-4

9786610471348

1-4237-3800-4

0-19-802809-1

1-60256-275-X

OCLC:

171572131