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Title Approach to the psychiatric patient : case-based essays / edited by John W. Barnhill
Edition First edition
Published Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Pub., [2009]
©2009

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Description xlii, 523 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Double depression and James Avery -- Geriatric depression and Peter Burke -- Mood instability and Amy Cahill -- Schizophrenia and Anthony Da Piazza -- Terminal illness and Dorothy Ewing -- Agitation and Stephen Franken -- Adolescent bereavement and Amelia Gutierrez -- Anxiety and Sophia Hastings -- Hypomania and Jennifer Ingram -- Exam failure and Grace Jin
Summary Brain stimulation--focally applying electricity to the brain--is a field with a rapidly expanding and promising array of techniques, which already have proven efficacy in treating conditions ranging from Parkinson's disease to chronic and acute pain to depression. Comprehensively surveying the landscape of current practice, this book provides a clear and straightforward analysis of the many therapeutic applications, along with the technologies and techniques involved in each.The book begins with a thoughtful, and occasionally macabre, history of electrical stimulation of the brain. The authors then provide an accessible and concise overview of electricity and its effects on the brain. The essence of the book, though, is its thorough exploration of the clinical applications of electrical stimulation. "Brain Stimulation Therapies" covers the wide range of existing electrical stimulation therapies, including electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), transcr
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-495) and indexes
Subject Psychiatry -- Case studies.
Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Case studies.
Mental illness -- Treatment -- Case studies.
Mental Disorders -- diagnosis.
Mental Disorders -- therapy.
Psychiatry -- methods.
Psychotherapy -- methods.
Treatment Outcome.
Genre/Form Case Reports.
Case studies.
Case studies.
Author Barnhill, John W. (John Warren), 1959-
LC no. 2008016939
ISBN 9781585623006 alkaline paper
1585623008 alkaline paper