Shock Treatments!: My Struggles with Depression and Various Treatments for It (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781504949279)

Mental health, and depression in particular, has always been a very poorly understood condition, even within the medical profession. When the author sought help, she found varying degrees of competency in the medical profession. Finally, she was diagnosed with severe depression, and the psychiatrist prescribed ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) as the only solution that would be effective. An added dimension was that her psychiatrist helped her get a job as a psychiatric aid in a state mental institution, so she writes her story from the perspective both as a patient and as a mental health caregiver.

Author: Emily Eastman
ISBN-10: 1504949277
ISBN-13: 9781504949279
Publisher: Authorhouse
Language: English
Published: 09/29/2015
Pages: 268
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d