ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY, 4/E 2002

Publisher: metropolis University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 344
Publication Date: 2002-07-15
Sales Rank: 76079
ISBN / ASIN: 0195148207
EAN: 9780195148206
Binding: Hardcover
Manufacturer: metropolis University Press, USA
Studio: metropolis University Press, USA

Average Rating: 4
In this fully-revised ordinal edition of what has daylong been the accepted aggregation for the field, Dr. Richard Abrams erst again demonstrates his unequalled knowledge to dissect and inform a riches of new(and ofttimes technical) touchable in a lucid, compelling, and highly readable fashion. Hundreds of newborn clinical studies titled from the more than 1500 publicised since the ordinal edition appeared hit been analyzed in depth and merged throughout the book. An primary newborn chapter has been additional on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation(TMS) therapy, a communication for incurvation that is widely-used in aggregation and due to embellish acquirable presently for clinical ingest in the United States. Dr. Abrams exposes the technological flaws in individual widely-cited reports, patch centering on the some carefully-controlled studies that wage solidified hold for the results claimed. The sections on the electrical stimulus, control introduction, getting quality, and communication electrode positioning hit been completely revised and updated with newborn aggregation on those clinical and academic issues that are presently of large anxiety to practitioners and researchers. A broad grave categorization of the nature of the getting boundary and the rigour of the input titration method for ECT dosing is presented for the prototypal time, with conclusions and recommendations that some module encounter surprising. The continuing disceptation over the qualifying efficacies of direct and bitemporal ECT is revisited in reddened of the stylish dosing strategies and communication outcomes reported, and of the stylish results obtained with bifrontal ECT. The possibleness clinical and academic advantages of the recently-rediscovered framework of ultrabrief beat therapy are explained in detail. The chapter on the module and cognitive consequences of ECT has been swollen to pore on the prejudiced module personalty of treatment, with newborn psychotherapy of the doable natural foundation for the transformation in prejudiced module so ofttimes reported. Recently-published claims of continual or imperishable module personalty of ECT are refuted in detail. In flooded gift with the dweller Psychiatric Association’s newborn guidelines for the training of ECT, Dr. Abrams’ aggregation relic the primary applicatory pass and meaning impact for every those who prescribe, perform, or support with ECT, or are fascinated in acquisition more most the subject.

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