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Doctors of deception : what they don't want you to know about shock treatment, Linda Andre

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Summary
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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xi, 359 pages)
Contents
  • The trouble with time
  • Eugenic conceptions I : ticking time bombs
  • Eugenic conceptions II : useless eaters
  • A little brain pathology
  • Informed consent and the dawn of the public relations era
  • The American Psychiatric Association Task Force
  • The making of an American activist
  • The ECT industry cows the media
  • Long strange trip : ECT and the food and drug administration
  • The Committee for Truth in Psychiatry
  • Anecdote or evidence?
  • Shaming science
  • The lie that won't die
  • Erasing history
  • The triumph of public relations over science
  • Should shock be banned? : the moral context
  • Where do we go from here?
Isbn
9780813546520
Instance
Label
Doctors of deception : what they don't want you to know about shock treatment
Title
Doctors of deception
Title remainder
what they don't want you to know about shock treatment
Statement of responsibility
Linda Andre
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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
Cataloging source
N$T
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1959-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Andre, Linda
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Shock therapy
  • Electroconvulsive therapy
  • MEDICAL
  • MEDICAL
  • Electroconvulsive therapy
  • Shock therapy
  • Elektrokrampftherapie
  • Medizinische Ethik
  • USA
  • Elektrokrampftherapie
  • USA
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy
  • Informed Consent
  • Mental Disorders
  • Treatment Outcome
Label
Doctors of deception : what they don't want you to know about shock treatment, Linda Andre
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Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-348) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The trouble with time -- Eugenic conceptions I : ticking time bombs -- Eugenic conceptions II : useless eaters -- A little brain pathology -- Informed consent and the dawn of the public relations era -- The American Psychiatric Association Task Force -- The making of an American activist -- The ECT industry cows the media -- Long strange trip : ECT and the food and drug administration -- The Committee for Truth in Psychiatry -- Anecdote or evidence? -- Shaming science -- The lie that won't die -- Erasing history -- The triumph of public relations over science -- Should shock be banned? : the moral context -- Where do we go from here?
Control code
ocn318675738
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xi, 359 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780813546520
Lccn
2008014124
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Note
JSTOR
Other control number
  • 9786612033575
  • 40016457808
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctt4jxq8t
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)318675738
Label
Doctors of deception : what they don't want you to know about shock treatment, Linda Andre
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-348) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The trouble with time -- Eugenic conceptions I : ticking time bombs -- Eugenic conceptions II : useless eaters -- A little brain pathology -- Informed consent and the dawn of the public relations era -- The American Psychiatric Association Task Force -- The making of an American activist -- The ECT industry cows the media -- Long strange trip : ECT and the food and drug administration -- The Committee for Truth in Psychiatry -- Anecdote or evidence? -- Shaming science -- The lie that won't die -- Erasing history -- The triumph of public relations over science -- Should shock be banned? : the moral context -- Where do we go from here?
Control code
ocn318675738
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xi, 359 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780813546520
Lccn
2008014124
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Note
JSTOR
Other control number
  • 9786612033575
  • 40016457808
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctt4jxq8t
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)318675738

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