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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Main Author: Fink, Max, 1923-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Online Access:DE-862
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Summary: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 safe, painless, and often life-saving treatment. Extensively revised and restructured since its original publication a decade ago, the book provides readers with a detailed explanation of the ECT procedure, helping them to better understand and prepare for treatment. Discussions of the mechanisms of a.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 162 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-151) and index.
ISBN:9780199710942
0199710945

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