The ECT handbook
Waite, J (ed)
The ECT handbook - 3rd - London Royal College of Psychiatrists 2013
This book presents the latest clinical guidelines on the prescription and practical administration of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). It clarifies the place of ECT in contemporary practice and reviews the evidence for its efficacy. Topics include: mechanism of action; anaesthesia; psychotropic drug treatment during and after ECT; adverse effects of ECT; training, supervision and professional development; nursing guidelines; use of ECT in - depression, mania, schizophrenia and catatonia, neuropsychiatric disorders; ECT in people with intellectual disability, physical illness and older adults; consent, capacity and the law. IT concludes with a literature review on patients' and carers' perspectives.
190802058X 9781908020581
The ECT handbook - 3rd - London Royal College of Psychiatrists 2013
This book presents the latest clinical guidelines on the prescription and practical administration of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). It clarifies the place of ECT in contemporary practice and reviews the evidence for its efficacy. Topics include: mechanism of action; anaesthesia; psychotropic drug treatment during and after ECT; adverse effects of ECT; training, supervision and professional development; nursing guidelines; use of ECT in - depression, mania, schizophrenia and catatonia, neuropsychiatric disorders; ECT in people with intellectual disability, physical illness and older adults; consent, capacity and the law. IT concludes with a literature review on patients' and carers' perspectives.
190802058X 9781908020581