Electroconvulsive Therapy in America

Electroconvulsive Therapy in America
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 183
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ISBN-10 : 9781315522845
ISBN-13 : 1315522845
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Book Synopsis Electroconvulsive Therapy in America by : Jonathan Sadowsky

Download or read book Electroconvulsive Therapy in America written by Jonathan Sadowsky and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electroconvulsive Therapy is widely demonized or idealized. Some detractors consider its very use to be a human rights violation, while some promoters depict it as a miracle, the "penicillin of psychiatry." This book traces the American history of one of the most controversial procedures in medicine, and seeks to provide an explanation of why ECT has been so controversial, juxtaposing evidence from clinical science, personal memoir, and popular culture. Contextualizing the controversies about ECT, instead of simply engaging in them, makes the history of ECT more richly revealing of wider changes in culture and medicine. It shows that the application of electricity to the brain to treat illness is not only a physiological event, but also one embedded in culturally patterned beliefs about the human body, the meaning of sickness, and medical authority.


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