Electroconvulsive therapy : a guide for professionals and their patients
Fink, Max [1923-]
Electroconvulsive therapy : a guide for professionals and their patients - 2nd - New York, NY Oxford University Press 2009 - xvi, 162 p. (pbk)
This provides a detailed explanation of the ECT procedure. Contents include: what is electroconvulsive therapy?; the patient's experience; the treatment technique; side effects and memory issues; depressive mood disorders; movement disorders; other uses - psychosis, pregnancy and status epilepticus; paediatric ECT; how does ECT work?; how did electroconvulsive therapy originate?; is brain stimulation an alternative to ECT? Is ECT practice ethical?. Appendices include: sample ECT consent form; medication names and uses.
0195365747 9780195365740 (pbk.) :
Electroconvulsive therapy : a guide for professionals and their patients - 2nd - New York, NY Oxford University Press 2009 - xvi, 162 p. (pbk)
This provides a detailed explanation of the ECT procedure. Contents include: what is electroconvulsive therapy?; the patient's experience; the treatment technique; side effects and memory issues; depressive mood disorders; movement disorders; other uses - psychosis, pregnancy and status epilepticus; paediatric ECT; how does ECT work?; how did electroconvulsive therapy originate?; is brain stimulation an alternative to ECT? Is ECT practice ethical?. Appendices include: sample ECT consent form; medication names and uses.
0195365747 9780195365740 (pbk.) :