Electroconvulsive Therapy - Hardcover

Abrams, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195148207 ISBN 13: 9780195148206

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This is a thoroughly revised and updated edition of the definitive text on electroconvulsive therapy. This essential resource remains the primary reference and guide for those who prescribe, perform, or assist with ECT. New material for this edition includes coverage of the recently published 3rd edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Task Force Report on ECT (which lays out the boundaries within which ECT should be administered in the United States) and a new chapter on transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), a treatment method that is analogous to ECT.

About this title

Review:

Detailed, critically evaluated, and well written, this is a welcome update. (International Review of Psychiatry, 15)

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0195148207
• ISBN 13: 9780195148206
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 340