Pushbutton psychiatry : a cultural history of electroshock in America / by Timothy W. Kneeland, Carol A.B. Warren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kneeland, Timothy W., 1962-

Contributor:

Warren, Carol A. B., 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electroconvulsive therapy--United States--History--20th century.

Electroconvulsive therapy.

Psychiatry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 p.)

Edition:

Updated ed.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume uncovers the roots of electroshock in America, an outgrowth of western patriarchal medicine with primarily female patients. The authors trace the history of electroshock in the United States in three historic stages: from an enthusiastic reception in 1940, to a period of crisis in the 1960s, to its resurgence after 1980. Early American experiments with electrical medicine are also examined, while the development of electroshock in America is considered through the lens of social, political, and economic factors. The revival of electroshock in recent decades is found to be a pr

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Electricity, Psychiatry,and American Culture; Part I: The Electrotherapeutic Origins of Pushbutton Psychiatry; 1 The Eighteenth Century: The Electric Stage; 2 The Nineteenth Century: The Woman on the Couch; Part II: The Electroconvulsive Century; 3 The Birth and Triumph of Pushbutton Psychiatry: Electroshock, 1938-1965; 4 Rage Against the Machine: The Decline of Electroshock, 1966-1980; 5 Pushbutton Triumphant: The Rebirth of Electroshock, 1981-1999; Epilogue: Into the Twenty-First Century; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published 2002 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-42167-4

1-315-42168-2

1-315-42169-0

1-59874-732-0

9781315421698

OCLC:

711747377