Electroconvulsive and neuromodulation therapies /

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Imprint:New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Description:xxx, 609 p. : ill.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8208695
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Other authors / contributors:Swartz, Conrad.
ISBN:0521883881 (hardback)
9780521883887 (hardback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • Color Plates
  • Preface
  • Part I. Scientific and experimental bases of electroconvulsive therapy
  • 1. Electricity and electroconvulsive therapy
  • 2. Nonelectrical convulsive therapies
  • 3. Neurochemical effects of electrically induced seizures: Relevance to the antidepressant mechanism of electroconvulsive therapy
  • 4. Hypothesized mechanisms and sites of action of electroconvulsive therapy
  • 5. Brain imaging and electroconvulsive therapy
  • 6. Evidence for electroconvulsive therapy efficacy in mood disorders
  • 7. Clinical evidence for the efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy in the treatment of catatonia and psychoses
  • 8. Hormonal effects of electroconvulsive therapy
  • Part II. Historical, societal, and geographic perspectives
  • 9. History of electroconvulsive therapy
  • 10. Electroconvulsive therapy in biographical books and movies
  • 11. Professional barriers to providing electroconvulsive therapy
  • 12. Legislation that regulates, limits, or bans electroconvulsive therapy
  • Part III. International perspectives
  • 13. Electroconvulsive therapy availability in the United States
  • 14. Electroconvulsive therapy in Scandinavia and the United Kingdom
  • 15. Electroconvulsive therapy in continental Western Europe: A literature review
  • 16. Electroconvulsive therapy in Asia
  • 17. History of electroconvulsive therapy in the Russian Federation
  • 18. Electroconvulsive therapy in Latin America
  • Part IV. Administrative perspectives
  • 19. Electroconvulsive therapy hospital policy and quality assurance
  • 20. Staff management and physical layout for electroconvulsive therapy
  • 21. Electroconvulsive therapy forms
  • Part V. The clinical manual
  • 22. Patient selection and electroconvulsive therapy indications
  • 23. Electroconvulsive therapy or antipsychotic drugs (or benzodiazepines for catatonia)
  • 24. Informed consent
  • 25. Electroconvulsive therapy in the medically ill
  • 26. Anesthesia for electroconvulsive therapy
  • 27. Stimulus electrode placement
  • 28. Stimulus dosing
  • 29. Electroencephalogram monitoring and implications
  • 30. Heart rate and electroconvulsive therapy
  • 31. Cognitive side effects and psychological testing
  • 32. Electroconvulsive therapy in children and adolescents
  • 33. Postelectroconvulsive therapy evaluation and prophylaxis
  • 34. Ambulatory and maintenance electroconvulsive therapy
  • Part VI. Neuromodulation treatment
  • 35. Transcranial magnetic stimulation
  • 36. Vagus nerve stimulation: Indications, efficacy, and methods
  • 37. Deep brain stimulation: Methods, indications, locations, and efficacy
  • 38. Transcranial direct current stimulation
  • Index