Shock Therapy: A History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness

by David Healy, Edward Shorter, Professor Edward Shorter

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813541697
• ISBN13: 9780813541693
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary