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Electroconvulsive therapy in children and adolescents / edited by Neera Ghaziuddin, Garry Walter.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electroconvulsive therapy.
- Teenagers.
- Children.
- Mental illness--Treatment.
- Mental illness.
- Nervous system--Diseases--Treatment.
- Nervous system.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (311 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This pioneering book is the first book of its kind and offers guidance about the use of ECT in youth with up-to-date and concise information. The editors, Neera Ghaziuddin MD, MRCPsych (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA), and Garry Walter, MD, PhD (University of Sydney, Australia), have spearheaded the re-introduction of ECT as a safe and an effective treatment option for a subgroup of children and adolescents with severe psychiatric disorders. This book offers a review of the existing literature, firsthand experience of the authors who are regarded as experts in their respective field, a
- Contents:
- The history of pediatric ECT / Edward Shorter
- The mechanism of action of ECT / Max Fink
- ECT and stigma / Andrew McDonald and Garry Walter
- Ethical and consent aspects / Michael Robertson, Joseph M. Rey and Garry Walter
- A practical guide to using ECT in minors / Neera Ghaziuddin, Elise Hodges, and Polly Gipson
- ECT in young people with comorbid medical and neurological disorders / Daniel F. Maixner
- Anesthesia / Daniel Gih, Emma Taylor, and Bernard Biermann
- Side-effects / Angèle Consoli, William de Carvalho, and David Cohen
- ECT for adolescent mood disorders / Neera Ghaziuddin
- ECT for schizophrenia spectrum disorders / Yuval Bloch, Daniel Stein and Garry Walter
- ECT for catatonia in autism / Dirk Dhossche and Lee Wachtel
- ECT for self-injurious behaviour / Lee Wachtel and Dirk Dhossche.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-935019-1
- 0-19-934191-5
- 0-19-993875-X
- OCLC:
- 859381845
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