The ECT handbook
Publication details: London Royal College of Psychiatrists 2013Edition: 3rdISBN:- 190802058X
- 9781908020581
| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | CEME Library (NELFT) Shelves | WM412 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | NE12020 | ||
| Book | St Charles Library Hub (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) Shelves | WM 412 WAI (2014) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | CNWL00859 | ||
| Book 14-day loan | Whittington Health Library Shelves | WM 412 WAI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Issued | 15/06/2023 | 0760551X |
This book presents the latest clinical guidelines on the prescription and practical administration of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). It clarifies the place of ECT in contemporary practice and reviews the evidence for its efficacy. Topics include: mechanism of action; anaesthesia; psychotropic drug treatment during and after ECT; adverse effects of ECT; training, supervision and professional development; nursing guidelines; use of ECT in - depression, mania, schizophrenia and catatonia, neuropsychiatric disorders; ECT in people with intellectual disability, physical illness and older adults; consent, capacity and the law. IT concludes with a literature review on patients' and carers' perspectives.
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