Edward Shorter, David Healy

Gebundenes Buch

Shock Therapy

A History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness

Beschreibung

By showing ECT's often life-saving results, Shorter and Healy endorse a point of view that is hotly contested in professional circles and in public debates. For the nearly half of all clinically depressed patients who do not respond to drugs, this book brings much-needed hope.

Autor

Edward Shorter is the Jason A. Hannah Professor of the History of Medicine and a professor of psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. David Healy is a professor in the Department of Psychological Medicine at Cardiff University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 159mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780802093479
• ISBN-10: 0802093477
• Artikelnr.: 70553345