num_pages: 304
description: Challenging long-standing beliefs about ECT, or electroconvulsive therapy, the wife of former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis describes how the technique helped her to overcome her more than twenty-year struggle with depression, compares ECT to anti-depressants and psychotherapy, and shares practical guidelines for pursuing ECT as an option.
language: English
title: Shock: The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy
titlecomplete: Shock: The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy
genres: Science, Mental Health, Psychology, Psychiatry, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 165
publisher: Avery