Shock Therapy: A History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness by Edward Shorter, David Healy

Shock Therapy: A History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness

Edward Shorter, David Healy

398 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

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Shock therapy is making a comeback today in the treatment of serious mental illness. Despite its reemergence as a safe and effective psychiatric tool, however, it continues to be shrouded by a longstanding negative public image, not least due to f...

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