a history of electroconvulsive treatment in mental illness Shorter, Edward. creator Healy, David MRC Psych ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. nju New Brunswick, N.J Rutgers University Press c2007 2007 monographic eng

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xii, 382 p. : ill. 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. Edward Shorter, David Healy. Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-362) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Electroconvulsive therapy History RC485 .S56 2007eb 616.89/122 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10635022 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10635022 CaPaEBR 061128 ebr10635022