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- Electroconvulsive and Neuromodulation Therapies
- Electroconvulsive and Neuromodulation Therapies
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Color Plates
- Preface
- Part I Scientific and experimental bases of electroconvulsive therapy
- 1 Electricity and electroconvulsive therapy
- 2 Nonelectricalconvulsive 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
- Part III International perspectives
- Part IV Administrative perspectives
- Part V The clinical manual
- Part VI Neuromodulation treatment
- Index
1 - Electricity and electroconvulsive therapy
from Part I - Scientific and experimental bases of electroconvulsive therapy
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Book contents
- Electroconvulsive and Neuromodulation Therapies
- Electroconvulsive and Neuromodulation Therapies
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Color Plates
- Preface
- Part I Scientific and experimental bases of electroconvulsive therapy
- 1 Electricity and electroconvulsive therapy
- 2 Nonelectricalconvulsive 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
- Part III International perspectives
- Part IV Administrative perspectives
- Part V The clinical manual
- Part VI Neuromodulation treatment
- Index
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- Electroconvulsive and Neuromodulation Therapies , pp. 3 - 16Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009
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