TY - BOOK AU - Fink, Max [1923-] TI - Electroconvulsive therapy : a guide for professionals and their patients SN - 0195365747 PY - 2009/// CY - New York, NY PB - Oxford University Press N2 - 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 ER -