Description

Electroshock therapy has long suffered from a controversial public image, effectively removing it as a treatment option for many patients. Here, Dr. Max Fink draws on fifty years of clinical and research experience to argue that ECT is a safe, painless, and often life-saving treatment for emotional and mental disorders. Dr. Fink traces the development of ECT from its discovery in 1934, its widespread use for two decades to the 1950s and its replacement by psychotropic drugs, and its revival in the past twenty years as a viable psychiatric treatment. Case studies of patients treated with ECT illustrate that the disorders of depression, mania, catatonia, and schizophrenia respond to it. He explains the whole procedure, including what the patient experiences, from preparation to recovery. Clarifying the many misconceptions surrounding ECT, Electroshock is an excellent sourcebook for patients, their families, and mental health professionals.

Author: Fink, Max

Topic: Psychology
Media: Book
ISBN: 195119568
Language: English
Pages: 176