Electroshock - Restoring the Mind

Informationen zum Autor Max Fink, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and attending psychiatrist the Long Island Jewish Hillside Hospital Medical Center. He is the author of Convulsive Therapy: Theory and Practice, Psychobiology of Convulsive Therapy, and other books. Klappentext Dr. Fink draws on 45 years of experience to present a compelling argument for the benefits of electroshock therapy in treating emotional and mental disorders. Zusammenfassung This book describes for patients and their families the procedures, experience, and the benefits of electroshock therapy (ECT) in the treatment of mental illness. The author draws on forty-five years of clinical and research experience with ECT to discuss the treatment from its discovery in 1934.

Product details

• Authors: Max Fink, Fink Max
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.11.1999
• EAN: 9780195119565
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511956-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General, MEDICAL / Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Psychiatry, Popular psychology, Clinical psychology, Therapy & therapeutics, Therapy and therapeutics