The ECT Handbook: Fourth Edition

I. Nicol Ferrier

ISBN 10: 1911623168 / ISBN 13: 9781911623168

Published by RCPsych Publications, 2019

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Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen. This new edition of the Handbook arrives six years after the previous one. While there have been no major changes in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) practice, ongoing research has yielded valuable evidence on its optimal use for mental disorders. The Handbook features new chapters on ECT for bipolar depression, ECT during pregnancy and postnatally, ECT in children and adolescents, and the use of ketamine for treatment-resistant depression. Many chapters have been completely rewritten by new authors, and all have been significantly revised to incorporate new evidence published up to the end of 2018. Ongoing discussions regarding whether unilateral or bilateral ECT should be the initial technique for treating depression are addressed in Chapter 3. Additional important research on ECT for bipolar depression and resistant schizophrenia is covered in Chapters 5 and 10. Although a major revision of guidance on managing depression from the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) was anticipated in 2018, its publication has been delayed. Furthermore, significant changes in mental health law in Northern Ireland may have implications for other jurisdictions, although these changes had not taken effect by the time of the Handbook's publication.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The ECT Handbook: Fourth Edition
• Publisher: RCPsych Publications
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1911623168
• ISBN 13: 9781911623168
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Psychology

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Synopsis

The fourth edition of this popular Handbook provides the latest guidance on prescribing and administering electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Leading researchers and practitioners review new research on ECT and related treatments, including their efficacy in children and adolescents, and in those with bipolar disorder and neurological conditions. With a focus on safe provision and minimisation of side effects, it provides the reader with practical, evidence-based advice. The book has been substantially revised: references have been updated throughout; related treatment modalities such as rTMS, tCDS and ketamine are covered in greater depth; and current administrative and legal framework guidelines are clearly outlined. An essential reference manual for consultant and trainee clinical psychiatrists, as well as ECT practitioners. This guide will benefit clinical teams looking after complex cases of depression, as well as those involved in the care of other people for whom ECT may be recommended.

About the Authors

I. Nicol Ferrier is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Professor Ferrier was the pharmacological lead on the 2004 NICE Guidelines for Unipolar Depression and was Chairman of the 2006 NICE Bipolar Disorder Guideline. He has served on the MRC Clinical Fellowship and Wellcome Trust Neuroscience and Mental Health Grant Committees and is Past-President of the British Association for Psychopharmacology. He was Lead of the North East Hub of the Mental Health Research Network from 2005 to 2014 and Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists ECT and Related Treatments Committee from 2014 to 2018. His research interests are in psychopharmacology and the neurobiology and treatment of severe affective disorders. He has published over 250 papers on these topics.

Jonathan Waite is Honorary Senior Fellow, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham. He is a retired consultant psychiatrist, editor of The ECT Handbook (Cambridge, 3rd edition, 2013), which as Highly Commended in BMA Medical Book Awards, and author of Dementia Care (2008). He is an acknowledged authority on medical aspects of mental capacity law and was one of the Lord Chancellor's Medical Visitors.