The Clinical Science of Electroconvulsive Therapy

C Edward Coffey editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:American Psychiatric Association Publishing

Published:2nd Apr '93

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This volume presents a timely account of the present state of ECT research and clinical practice and the irreplaceable niche ECT occupies in the treatment hierarchy of severe mental illness. Interdisciplinary contributors to The Clinical Science of Electroconvulsive Therapy use both longitudinal and cross-sectional perspectives to synthesize the latest information on ECT. This book reviews—comprehensively and carefully—today's knowledge of indications, techniques, clinical outcomes, and mechanisms of action of ECT.

The student and psychiatric resident, as well as the experienced clinician and researcher, will be reassured in reading these chapters that progress in ECT has been remarkable despite a notable lack of support among their peers and the public. Readers will be reminded that ECT remains alive and well in the hands of the sophisticated few.

* Psychiatric Times *

The authors, widely acknowledged as leaders in their respective ECT areas, include Drs. Richard Abrams, Max Fink, Harold Sackeim, and Richard Weiner.

* Hospital and Community Psychiat

ISBN: 9780880484701

Dimensions: 210mm x 140mm x 20mm

Weight: 476g

282 pages