Electroconvulsive therapy a guide for professionals and their patients
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), despite its controversial history, may well represent the only viable treatment for severe psychiatric illness in those for whom medication is not an option. In Electronconvulsive Therapy, Dr. Max Fink draws on over 50 years of clinical experience to describe this sa...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press
2009.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798505406719 |
Table of Contents:
- Contents; ONE: What Is Electroconvulsive Therapy?; TWO: The Patient's Experience; THREE: The Treatment Technique; FOUR: Side Effects and Memory Issues; FIVE: Depressive Mood Disorders; SIX: Manic Mood Disorders; SEVEN: Movement Disorders; EIGHT: Other Uses: Psychosis, Pregnancy, and Status Epilepticus; NINE: Pediatric ECT; TEN: How Does ECT Work?; ELEVEN: How Did Convulsive Therapy Originate?; TWELVE: Is Brain Stimulation an Alternative to ECT?; THIRTEEN: Is ECT Practice Ethical?; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index
