Electroconvulsive Therapy

History of electroconvulsive therapy; Efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy; Prediction of response to electroconvulsive therapy; The medical physiology of ECT; ECT in the high-risk patient; The electroconvulsive therapy stimulus: technical and theoretical considerations; Unilateral electroconvulsive therapy; Technique of electroconvulsive therapy: theory; The technique of electroconvulsive therapy: praxis; Memory and cognitive functioning after electroconvulsive therapy; Neurochemical correlates and mechanisms of ECT; Patients' attitudes, legal-regulatory issues, and informed consent.