In this Book
- Doctors of Deception: What They Don't Want You to Know about Shock Treatment
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: Rutgers University Press
summary
Doctors of Deception is a revealing history of ECT (or shock therapy) in the United States, told here for the first time. Through the examination of court records, medical data, FDA reports, industry claims, her own experience as a patient of shock therapy, and the stories of others, Andre exposes tactics used by the industry to promote ECT as a responsible treatment when all the scientific evidence suggested otherwise.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. ix
- Notes on Terminology
- p. xi
- Chapter 1: The Trouble with Time
- pp. 1-12
- Chapter 4: A Little Brain Pathology
- pp. 44-66
- Chapter 8: The ECT Industry Cows the Media
- pp. 124-137
- Chapter 11: Anecdote or Evidence?
- pp. 170-188
- Chapter 12: Shaming Science
- pp. 189-211
- Chapter 13: The Lie That Won’t Die
- pp. 212-230
- Chapter 14: Erasing History
- pp. 231-252
- Chapter 17: Where Do We Go from Here?
- pp. 287-301
- About the Author
- p. 361
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813546520
Related ISBN(s)
9780813544410
MARC Record
OCLC
318675738
Pages
376
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No