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Pushbutton Psychiatry : A History of Electroshock in America.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Westport : ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (156 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780313010590
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pushbutton PsychiatryDDC classification:
  • 616.89/122/0973
LOC classification:
  • RC485 -- .K645 2002eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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