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Shock Therapy : A History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness

Edward Shorter and David Healy trace the controversial history of ECT and other ""shock"" therapies. Drawing on case studies, public debates, extensive interviews, and archival research, the authors expose the myths about ECT that have proliferated over the years. By showing ECT&...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Shorter, Edward
Otros Autores: Healy, David, 1929-1995
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The penicillin of psychiatry?
  • "Some experiments on the biological influencing of the course of schizophrenia"
  • "Madness cured with electricity"
  • From the university clinic to the psychiatric institute: shock therapy goes global
  • The couch or the treatment table?
  • "ECT does not create zombies"
  • "They're going to fry your brains!"
  • The end of "Bedlam" and the age of psychopharmacology
  • The swinging pendulum: the effects of politics, law, and changes in medical culture on ECT
  • Electrogirl and the new ECT
  • Magnets and implants: new therapies for a new century?
  • Epilogue: irrational science.