Shock Therapy: A History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness

by David Healy and SHORTER/HEALY

Shock therapy is making a comeback today in the treatment of serious mental illness. Despite its reemergence as a safe and effective psychiatric tool, however, it continues to be shrouded by a longstanding negative public image, due, in large part, to how it is depicted in films, novels, and other forms of mass media. Beyond its vilification in popular culture, the stereotype of electroconvulsive therapy as a dangerous and inhumane practice is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802093477
• ISBN13: 9780802093479
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher