Ethics in electroconvulsive therapy
Few mental illness treatments are more reviled in the public mind than Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy. However, in reality, ECT is a safe and effective treatment for cases of clinical depression and catatonia that are unresponsive to drug therapy. Also, unlike drugs, ECT has relatively few side effects. The authors argue that it is time for this historically stigmatized procedure to be reevaluated. The authors make a strong case for greater professional and public attention to the procedure's …
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- Full title :Ethics in electroconvulsive therapy / Jan-Otto Ottosson, Max Fink.
Summary
Few mental illness treatments are more reviled in the public mind than Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy. However, in reality, ECT is a safe and effective treatment for cases of clinical depression and catatonia that are unresponsive to drug therapy. Also, unlike drugs, ECT has relatively few side effects. The authors argue that it is time for this historically stigmatized procedure to be reevaluated. The authors make a strong case for greater professional and public attention to the procedure's benefits, offering historical coverage of ECT-related movements, legislation, public and prac.
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- Publication Date:2004.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Brunner-Routledge
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2004.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (x, 157 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781135940058, 1135940053, 9780203319833, 0203319834, 9781135940003, 1135940002, 9781135940041, 1135940045
- oclc:ocn810924647
- LC Classification:RC485
- Dewey Decimal:616.89/122
Table of Contents
The stigmatization of ECT -- Principles of medical ethics -- Previous ethical approaches to ECT -- Beneficence -- Non-maleficence -- Autonomy -- Justice -- Balancing ethical principles.
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