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The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy

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Shock

The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy

1 edition

Kitty Dukakis has battled debilitating depression for more than twenty years. Coupled with drug and alcohol addictions that both hid and fueled her suffering, Kitty's despair was overwhelming. She tried every medication and treatment available; none worked for long. It wasn't until she tried electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, that she could reclaim her life.Kitty's dramatic first-person account of how ECT keeps her illness at bay is half the story of Shock. The other half, by award-winning medical reporter Larry Tye, is an engrossing look at the science behind ECT and its dramatic yet subterranean comeback. This book presents a full picture of ECT, analyzing the treatment's risks along with its benefits. ECT, it turns out, is neither a panacea nor a scourge but a serious option for treating life-threatening and disabling mental diseases, like depression, bipolar disorder, and others. Through Kitty Dukakis's moving narrative, and interviews with more than one hundred other...

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Publisher
Avery
Language
English
Pages
304

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Shock
2009, Penguin USA, Inc.
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Shock
September 6, 2007, Avery
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Shock: The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy
September 14, 2006, Avery
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Library of Congress
RC485 .D85 2006, RC485.D85 2006

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
304
Dimensions
9 x 6 x 1 inches
Weight
1.1 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8789971M
Internet Archive
shockhealingpowe00duka
ISBN 10
1583332650
ISBN 13
9781583332658
LCCN
2006022506
Library Thing
2137105
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1009271

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