Electroconvulsive Therapy

Richard Abrams, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry at The Chicago Medical School. He has conducted clinical and basic science research on ECT for more than a quarter of a century, during which time he has authored over 70 articles, books, and chapters on the subject. Dr. Abrams is also a widely-respected lecturer, whose many dozens of conferences and workshops on ECT have been enthusiastically received by thousands of practitioners attending them over the years. He has been a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Convulsive Therapy since its inception. Dr. Abrams also has numerous ECT-related patents to his credit, and is President of Somatics, Inc., a firm that manufactures and distributes the Thymatron ECT device.

1: History of Electroconvulsive Therapy. 2: Efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy. 3: Prediction of Response to Electroconvulsive Therapy. 4: The Medical Physiology of Electroconvulsive Therapy. 5: Electroconvulsive Therapy in the High-Risk Patient. 6: The Electroconvulsive Therapy Stimulus. 7: Unilateral Electroconvulsive Therapy. 8: Technique of Electroconvulsive Therapy: Theory. 9: Technique of Electroconvulsive Therapy: Praxis. 10: Memory and Cognitive Functioning After Electroconvulsive Therapy. 11: Neurochemical Correlates. 12: Patients' Attitudes, Legal-Regulatory issues, and Informed Consent. References. Index