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Electroconvulsive therapy : the myths and the realities / by Norman S. Endler and Emmanuel Persad ; foreword by Max Fink.

Title: Electroconvulsive therapy : the myths and the realities / by Norman S. Endler and Emmanuel Persad ; foreword by Max Fink.
Author: Endler, Norman S., 1931-
Publication: Toronto ; Lewiston, NY : Hans Huber Publishers, c1988.

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Persad, Emmanuel, 1935-

Description

xiv, 173 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

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Includes indexes.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 141-166.

Processing Action (note)

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Contents

Foreword -- Preface -- Prefatory introduction to Chapter one -- The history of ECT -- Indications for the use of ECT -- ECT treatment program -- ECT versus other treatment modalities for depression -- ECT and the brain -- Side effects and complications of ECT -- Legal and ethical issues -- Social and political issues affecting mental illness -- The stigma of mental illness and ECT -- Myths and realities -- Summary and conclusions.

ISBN

0920887201

LCCN

^^^88013074^

OCLC

18163691

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Harvard Library