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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Edmund S. Higgins (Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine & Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina) , Mark S. George , Michael R. Trimble (Raymond Way Professor in Behavioral Neurology, UCL Institute of Neurology)Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing Imprint: American Psychiatric Association Publishing Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9781585622801ISBN 10: 158562280 Pages: 203 Publication Date: 30 October 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Replaced By: 9781615371679 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsAbout the AuthorsForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Basic ElectricityChapter 3. Electrical BrainChapter 4. Electroconvulsive TherapyChapter 5. Vagus Nerve StimulationChapter 6. Transcranial Magnetic StimulationChapter 7. Deep Brain Stimulation and Cortical StimulationChapter 8. Transcranial Direct Current StimulationChapter 9. Other TechniquesAppendix by DiseaseAppendix by Stimulation MethodIndexReviews<p> This is a book that has the potential to be helpful to a wide range of clinical who treat psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. But perhaps what is most valuble about this book is the fact that it offers medication management strategies that are based on the authors' experience are wisdom. With some effort and a good library, facts, studies and general knowledge are relatively easy to obtain. However, to be able have the equivalent of immediate supervision from these very experienced clinicians is truly a special contribution to this filed. -- Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology , 2009 This is an excellent and readable introductory book on brain stimulation therapies for clinicians. All clinicians who treat individuals with serious psychiatric disorders should be familiar with this information. I highly recommend this book. * Doody Enterprises, Inc. * This is a book that has the potential to be helpful to a wide range of clinical who treat psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. But perhaps what is most valuble about this book is the fact that it offers medication management strategies that are based on the authors' experience are wisdom. With some effort and a good library, facts, studies and general knowledge are relatively easy to obtain. However, to be able have the equivalent of immediate supervision from these very experienced clinicians is truly a special contribution to this filed. * Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology * Author InformationEdmund S. Higgins, M.D., is Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston. Mark S. George, M.D., is Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Radiology, and Neuroscience as well as Director of the Center for Advanced Imaging Research and the Brain Stimulation Laboratory at the Medical University of South Carolina. At MUSC, he has conducted pioneering work with functional imaging of the brain and several of the brain stimulation techniques, particularly transcranial magnetic stimulation and vagus nerve stimulation. He is also the editor-in-chief of Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |