Electroconvulsive Therapy in America

The Anatomy of a Medical Controversy

Jonathan Sadowsky (Case Western University, USA)

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English

Routledge
11 November 2016

History of the Americas; Social & cultural history; History of medicine; History of science

Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History

"Electroconvulsive Therapy is widely demonized or idealized. Some detractors consider its very use to be a human rights violation, while some promoters depict it as a miracle, the ""penicillin of psychiatry."" This book traces the American history of one of the most controversial procedures in medicine, and seeks to provide an explanation of why ECT has been so controversial, juxtaposing evidence from clinical science, personal memoir, and popular culture. Contextualizing the controversies about ECT, instead of simply engaging in them, makes the history of ECT more richly revealing of wider changes in culture and medicine. It shows that the application of electricity to the brain to treat illness is not only a physiological event, but also one embedded in culturally patterned beliefs about the human body, the meaning of sickness, and medical authority."

By: Jonathan Sadowsky (Case Western University USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 49
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 385g
ISBN: 9781138696969
ISBN 10: 113869696X
Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History
Pages: 182
Publication Date: 11 November 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jonathan Sadowsky is the Theodore J. Castele Professor of Medical History at Case Western Reserve University.