How Long to Read Electroshock : Healing Mental Illness

How Long Does it Take to Read Electroshock : Healing Mental Illness?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 3 minutes to read Electroshock : Healing Mental Illness by Stony Max Fink Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology Emeritus State University of New York

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Electroshock therapy has long suffered from a controversial and bizarre public image, effectively removing it as a treatment option for many patients. In Electroshock, Max Fink, M.D., draws on 45 years of clinical and research experience to argue that ECT is now a safe, painless, and sometimes life-saving treatment for emotional and mental disorders. Dr. Fink traces the development of ECT from its discovery in 1934 followed by widespread use for two decades, to the 1950s when it was largely replaced by the introduction of psychotropic drugs, to its revival in the past twenty years as a viable treatment. He provides actual case studies of patients who have been treated with ECT and illustrates that many disorders--such as depression, mania, catatonia, and schizophrenia--respond well to it. As he explains the whole procedure from preparation to recovery, we see what the patient experiences. Fink also shows how anesthesia and muscle relaxation have refined ECT, minimizing discomfort and reducing risks to a level far lower than those experienced by patients using psychotropic drugs routinely prescribed for the same problems. Clarifying the many misconceptions surrounding ECT, Electroshock is an excellent sourcebook for patients, their families, and mental health professionals.

How long is Electroshock : Healing Mental Illness?

Electroshock : Healing Mental Illness by Stony Max Fink Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology Emeritus State University of New York is 178 pages long, and a total of 45,924 words.

This makes it 60% the length of the average book. It also has 56% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Electroshock : Healing Mental Illness Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 10 minutes to read Electroshock : Healing Mental Illness aloud.

What Reading Level is Electroshock : Healing Mental Illness?

Electroshock : Healing Mental Illness is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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