Shock: The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy

Shock: The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy

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 ECT patients, Shock: The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy separates scare from promise, real complications from lurid headlines. In the process Shock offers practical guidance to prospective patients and their families, boldly addressing the controversy surrounding ECT and awakening millions to its capacity to heal.
Country USA
Brand Avery
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
Color Sky/Pale blue
ReleaseDate 2007-09-06
UnitCount 1
UPCs 735918014503
EANs 9781583332832

Country	USA
Brand	Avery
Manufacturer	Penguin Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
Color	Sky/Pale blue
ReleaseDate	2007-09-06
UnitCount	1
UPCs	735918014503
EANs	9781583332832

Shock: The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy

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