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Indications for Shock Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

E. C. Dax
E. C. Dax*
Affiliation:
Netherne Hospital, Coulsdon
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It is time the term “shock therapy “was dropped. Its meaning is not clear, we constantly attempt to avoid shock to our patients, it is not always therapy and the term does not do us much good in the eyes of our colleagues or the public.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 97 , Issue 406 , January 1951 , pp. 142 - 144
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1951 

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