Shorter, Edward (Author)
Healy, David (Author)
Rutgers University Press
Physical Details: xii + 382 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English
Description “Drawing on case studies, public debates, extensive interviews, and archival research, the authors expose the myths about ECT that have proliferated over the years.” (from the publisher)
Review Dror, Otniel E. (2009) Review of "Shock Therapy: A History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 688).
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