Electroconvulsive therapy : clinical uses, efficacy and long-term health effects / Kathleen Braddock, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Braddock, Kathleen, editor.

Series:

Psychiatry- theory, applications, and treatments series.

Psychiatry - theory, applications and treatments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electroconvulsive therapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book begins with a basic sequential guide to the clinical procedures of Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in common circumstances. ECT is currently the most efficacious treatment for severe depression, and several researchers have reported anatomical, chemical and functional alterations after ECT. It is becoming increasingly well-established that maternal mental illness has a significant impact on the development of the fetus as well as the ability of the mother to parent her baby. For some women with severe mental illness in pregnancy, pharmacological therapy can be problematic with a dela

Contents:

""ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY: CLINICAL USES, EFFICACY AND LONG-TERM HEALTH EFFECTS""; ""ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY: CLINICAL USES, EFFICACY AND LONG-TERM HEALTH EFFECTS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: A Guide to the Procedures of ECT""; ""Abstract""; ""Documents""; ""Procedures and Arrangements before Starting ECT""; ""ECT Physical Setup""; ""Patient Selection""; ""Efficient Informed Consent""; ""Pre-ECT Evaluation""; ""Sleep Medication""; ""Common Anesthetic Agents and Doses""; ""Electrode Placement""

""Initial Stimulus Dose""""Stimulus Pulse Width, Frequency, and Current""; ""Procedures for an ECT Treatment""; ""Reassuring and Examining the Patient""; ""Adjusting Stimulus Dose""; ""Physical Preparation of the Patient""; ""Anesthesia""; ""Stimulus Delivery""; ""Monitoring the Patient""; ""Managing Common Complications""; ""ECT Session Recovery""; ""Postictal Agitation""; ""Postictal Delirium""; ""Tardive Seizure""; ""Discharge from the ECT Area""; ""Methods to Potentiate ECT Seizure""; ""Methods of Minimizing Cognitive Side Effects from ECT""; ""At the End of the ECT Course""

""Identifying the Conclusion of the Acute ECT Course""""Evaluation after ECT Course""; ""Preventing Recurrence""; ""Good ECT Outcomes Propagate""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: ECT in Pregnancy and the Postpartum""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Mental Illness and Perinatal Period""; ""Risks of Untreated Mental Illness in Pregnancy and Postpartum""; ""Risks of Pharmacotherapy in Pregnancy""; ""and Postpartum""; ""Indications for ECT in Pregnancy""; ""and Postpartum""; ""Data Regarding ECT and Pregnancy""; ""Data Regarding TMS in Pregnancy""; ""and the Postpartum""

""Risks Associated with ECT in Pregnancy""""Risks Related to Stimulus and Seizure""; ""Risks Associated with Anaesthetics""; ""(1) Maternal Physiological Changes""; ""(2) Maternal Pharmacokinetic Changes""; ""(3) Fetal Considerations""; ""Risks of Maternal ECT on Child Development""; ""Recommendations for ECT in Pregnancy""; ""Role of Psychiatrist""; ""Pre-ECT""; ""During Course of ECT""; ""Post-ECT Course""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: An Evidence-Informed Model for the Modern Practice of Electroconvulsive Therapy""; ""Regional Mental Health CareLondon/St Joseph�s Health Care, London""

""Department of Psychiatry, Western University, London, ON""""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""History and Evolution of ECT""; ""Current Evidence for ECT""; ""Indication and Efficacy of ECT""; ""Charge Characteristics and Lead Placement""; ""Risks of ECT""; ""Modified vs. Unmodified ECT""; ""Mechanism of Action""; ""Cost-Effectiveness of ECT""; ""An Evidence Informed Model for ECT""; ""The ECT Administrative Structure""; ""ECT Clinic and Equipment""; ""ECT Clinic Design""; ""ECT Clinic Equipment""; ""Anesthesia Machine and Parameters""; ""ECT Personnel Training, Roles and Responsibilities""

""ECT Process""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 10, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63463-038-6

OCLC:

914433147