TY - GEN T1 - Doctors of deception : what they don't want you to know about shock treatment A1 - Andre, Linda, 1959- LA - English PP - New Brunswick, N.J. PB - Rutgers University Press YR - 2009 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn318675738 AB - Mechanisms and standards exist to safeguard the health and welfare of the patient, but for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)used to treat depression and other mental illnessessuch approval methods have failed. Prescribed to thousands over the years, public relations as opposed to medical trials have paved the way for this popular yet dangerous and controversial treatment option. Doctors of Deception is a revealing history of ECT (or shock therapy) in the United States, told here for the first time. Through the examination of court records, medical data, FDA reports, industry claims, her own ex. OP - 359 CN - RC485 .A53 2009eb SN - 9780813546520 SN - 0813546524 SN - 1282033573 SN - 9781282033573 SN - 0813544416 SN - 9780813544410 KW - Shock therapy. KW - Electroconvulsive therapy. KW - Informed consent (Medical law) KW - Mental illness : Treatment. KW - Outcome assessment (Medical care) KW - Electroconvulsive Therapy : adverse effects KW - Electroshock KW - Electroconvulsive Therapy KW - Truth Disclosure KW - Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care KW - Outcome Assessment, Health Care KW - Electroconvulsive Therapy : ethics KW - Electroconvulsive Therapy : history KW - Informed Consent KW - Mental Disorders : therapy KW - Treatment Outcome KW - Sismothérapie (Psychothérapie) KW - Électrochoc. KW - Consentement éclairé (Droit médical) KW - Maladies mentales : Traitement. KW - Évaluation des résultats (Soins médicaux) KW - MEDICAL : Psychiatry : General. KW - MEDICAL : Mental Health. KW - Mental illness : Treatment KW - Electroconvulsive therapy KW - Shock therapy KW - Elektrokrampftherapie KW - USA KW - Elektrokrampftherapie. KW - Medizinische Ethik. KW - USA. ER -