The Clinical Science of Electroconvulsive Therapy (Progress in Psychiatry): 38 (Progress in Psychiatry Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0880484705 ISBN 13: 9780880484701

Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 1993

Synopsis

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. Contributors use both longitudinal and cross-sectional perspectives to synthesize the latest information on ECT.

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From the Back Cover

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.

From the Inside Flap

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0880484705
• ISBN 13: 9780880484701
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 282
• Editor: Coffey MD C. Edward