Pushbutton Psychiatry : A History of Electroshock in America.
Kneeland, Timothy W.
Pushbutton Psychiatry : A History of Electroshock in America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (156 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Electricity, Psychiatry, and American Culture -- PART I THE ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC ORIGINS OF PUSHBUTTON PSYCHIATRY -- Chapter 1 The Eighteenth Century: The Electric Stage -- Chapter 2 The Nineteenth Century: The Woman on the Couch -- PART II THE ELECTROCONVULSIVE CENTURY -- Chapter 3 The Birth and Triumph of Pushbutton Psychiatry: Electroshock, 1938-1965 -- Chapter 4 Rage Against the Machine: The Decline of Electroshock, 1966-1980 -- Chapter 5 Pushbutton Triumphant: The Rebirth of Electroshock, 1981-1999 -- Epilogue: Into the Twenty-First Century -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.
9780313010590
Electroconvulsive therapy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Electronic books.
RC485 -- .K645 2002eb
616.89/122/0973
Pushbutton Psychiatry : A History of Electroshock in America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (156 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Electricity, Psychiatry, and American Culture -- PART I THE ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC ORIGINS OF PUSHBUTTON PSYCHIATRY -- Chapter 1 The Eighteenth Century: The Electric Stage -- Chapter 2 The Nineteenth Century: The Woman on the Couch -- PART II THE ELECTROCONVULSIVE CENTURY -- Chapter 3 The Birth and Triumph of Pushbutton Psychiatry: Electroshock, 1938-1965 -- Chapter 4 Rage Against the Machine: The Decline of Electroshock, 1966-1980 -- Chapter 5 Pushbutton Triumphant: The Rebirth of Electroshock, 1981-1999 -- Epilogue: Into the Twenty-First Century -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.
9780313010590
Electroconvulsive therapy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Electronic books.
RC485 -- .K645 2002eb
616.89/122/0973