Journal of Mental HealthShorter, E., & Healy, D. (2007). Shock therapy: A history of electroconvulsive treatment in mental illness. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.Shorter E, Healy D (2007). Shock Therapy: A History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness. Rutgers Univer...
Occupational therapy in psychiatry and mental health This article has no associated abstract. ( fix it ) PD Witt 被引量: 19发表: 2005年 Behavior Therapy in Psychiatry. A Report of the A.P.A. Task Force on Behavior Theory An abstract is unavailable. This article is available as a PDF onl...
An increase in the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) after yearsof disfavor has led to calls for more research on all aspects of thiscontroversial treatment. A recent consensus conference sponsored by theNational Institutes of Health produced cautious approval of ECT to treatsevere depression. ...
any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness and are used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders. Also calledshock′ treat`ment. [1935–40] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictio...
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for depression, likely working by increasing aperiodic activity in the brain. Recent research provides insights into its mechanism, paving the way for improved mental health treatments and a better understanding of brain activity. ...
In 1938, the psychiatric society took the initiative to examine the effect of Cardiazol shock and insulin coma therapy. The same year, the DPS also established a committee with the task of producing a diagnostic nomenclature. The DPS nomenclature was introduced in 1938 and it was used by all...
They estimated that about 9.4% of the adult inpatients enrolled in the study who had been diagnosed with recurrent major depression had received ECT at some point. More than half of these patients received the shock therapy within 5 days of being hospitalized for a depressive episode. ...
Therapy or Torture: The Truth about Electroshock: Directed by Randall Stith. With Craig Newnes, Genevieve King, Jonathan Emord, Kenneth Castleman. Documentary exposing the brutal psychiatric practice of electroshock therapy. Administered to patients unde
GRAND ROUNDS AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH: CLINICIAN'S CORNER. Novel Therapies for Septic Shock Over the Past 4 Decades. The article discusses results of clinical trials conducted since the 1970s regarding therapies for septic shock. The foundations of therapy for sepsis and ... Suffredin...
Insulin shock therapy, perhaps more accurately known as insulin coma therapy, was a form of psychiatric treatment used to treat schizophrenia in the early 20th century. Psychiatrists of the era believed that states of physiological shock could help control the symptoms of mental illness. This ...