| Description |
1 online resource (339 pages) |
| Contents |
1. History of Electroconvulsive Therapy; 2. Efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy; 3. Prediction of Response to Electroconvulsive Therapy; 4. The Medical Physiology of Electroconvulsive Therapy; 5. Electroconvulsive Therapy in the High-Risk Patient; 6. The Electroconvulsive Therapy Stimulus, Seizure Induction, and Seizure Quality; 7. Treatment Electrode Placement: Bitemporal, Unilateral, Bifrontal; 8. Technique of Electroconvulsive Therapy: Theory; 9. Technique of Electroconvulsive Therapy: Praxis; 10. Memory and Cognitive Functioning After Electroconvulsive Therapy |
| Summary |
The updated edition of this text on electro convulsive therapy has new material covering the third edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Task Force Report on ECT (which lays out the boundaries within which ECT should be administered in the US) and a new chapter on transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Electroconvulsive therapy.
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Shock therapy.
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Electroconvulsive therapy
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Shock therapy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780198033783 |
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0198033788 |
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