Shock : The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy - Larry Tye

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Shock

The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy

By: Larry Tye, Kitty Dukakis

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Paperback | 1 October 2007

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306 Pages

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22.4 x 15.4 x 2.0

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Kitty Dukakis has battled debilitating depression for more than twenty years. Coupled with drug and alcohol addictions that both hid and fuelled 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, analysing 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.

Industry Reviews

? ?A well-researched and thorough examination of the rise, fall, and revival of ECT . . . essential reading for anyone considering psychiatric treatment options.?
?"The Boston Globe"

? ?The Dukakis shining through these struggles with depression is warm, funny, vulnerable. . . . Her description of unraveling under the media klieg lights is downright courageous.?
?"San Francisco Chronicle"

A aA well-researched and thorough examination of the rise, fall, and revival of ECT . . . essential reading for anyone considering psychiatric treatment options.a
a"The Boston Globe"
A aThe Dukakis shining through these struggles with depression is warm, funny, vulnerable. . . . Her description of unraveling under the media klieg lights is downright courageous.a
a"San Francisco Chronicle"
A well-researched and thorough examination of the rise, fall, and revival of ECT . . . essential reading for anyone considering psychiatric treatment options.
"The Boston Globe"
The Dukakis shining through these struggles with depression is warm, funny, vulnerable. . . . Her description of unraveling under the media klieg lights is downright courageous.
"San Francisco Chronicle"

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