Electroconvulsive Therapy - Hardcover

Abrams, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195109449 ISBN 13: 9780195109443

Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc, 1997

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Book by Abrams Richard

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Reseña del editor:

This volume traces the historical development of convulsive therapy and explores its physiological, ethical, political, biochemical, neuroanatomical, and clinical aspects. The author covers such diverse topics as the prediction of treatment response, the results of sham ECT studies, patients' attitudes towards the treatment, neuropsychological and cognitive effects, the nature of ECT stimulus, medico-legal considerations, and theories concerning its mechanism of action. In full accordance with the American Psychiatric Association's guidelines for the practice of ECT, this resource is a reference and guide for those who practice, perform, or assist with ECT.

Biografía del autor:

Richard Abrams, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry at The Chicago Medical School. He has conducted clinical and basic science research on ECT for more than a quarter of a century, during which time he has authored over 70 articles, books, and chapters on the subject. Dr. Abrams is also a widely-respected lecturer, whose many dozens of conferences and workshops on ECT have been enthusiastically received by thousands of practitioners attending them over the years. He has been a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Convulsive Therapy since its inception. Dr. Abrams also has numerous ECT-related patents to his credit, and is President of Somatics, Inc., a firm that manufactures and distributes the Thymatron ECT device.

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• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0195109449
• ISBN 13: 9780195109443
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 391