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Author:   Edward Shorter ,  David Healy
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Edition:   First Paperback Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9780813554259

ISBN 10:   081355425
Pages:   398
Publication Date:   18 January 2013
Recommended Age:   From 16 to 99 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"The penicillin of psychiatry? ""Some experiments on the biological influencing of the course of schizophrenia"" ""Madness cured with electricity"" From the university clinic to the psychiatric institute: shock therapy goes global The couch or the treatment table? ""ECT does not create zombies"" ""They're going to fry your brains!"" The end of ""Bedlam"" and the age of psychopharmacology The swinging pendulum: the effects of politics, law, and changes in medical culture on ECT Electrogirl and the new ECT Magnets and implants: new therapies for a new century? Epilogue: irrational science"

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Shock Therapy is based on contemporary research that includes both manuscript and printed sources as well as interviews with individuals who have played key roles in the history of ECT. It is a controversial work, if only because its authors combine both historical analysis and advocacy. Nevertheless, the book--which includes discussions of such contemporary therapeutic innovations as VNS, DBS, and TMS--is a must-read and has relevance for those concerned with the treatment of mental disorders.--Gerald N. Grob coauthor of The Dilemma of Federal Mental Health Policy: Radical Reform or Incr

Shock Therapy is based on contemporary research that includes both manuscript and printed sources as well as interviews with individuals who have played key roles in the history of ECT. Nevertheless, the book--which includes discussions of such contemporary therapeutic innovations as VNS, DBS, and TMS-must read and has relevance for those concerned with the treatment of mental disorders.--Gerald N. Grob coauthor of The Dilemma of Federal Mental Health Policy: Radical Reform or Incr

Author Information

EDWARD SHORTER is the Jason A. Hannah Chair of the History of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is the author of numerous books, including A History of Psychiatry and Before Prozac. DAVID HEALY is a professor of psychiatry in the department of psychological medicine at Cardiff University and the author of numerous books, including Let Them Eat Prozac. He was secretary of the British Association for Psychopharmacology.  

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