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By Max Fink. 157 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 1999. $22. ISBN 0-19-511956-8.

In this book, Dr. Max Fink has made another important contribution to patients and physicians by filling the gap between standard patient-education materials on electroconvulsive treatment, most of which are dated as compared with information available at www.electroshock.org or other Web sites, and the specialized literature. Electroshock is written in language that will be easily understood by laypersons, and the supplemental notes and references will be very informative for primary care physicians who treat most of the depressed patients who should be referred for electroconvulsive treatment when standard medication is ineffective.

Psychiatrists unfamiliar with electroconvulsive treatment may be embarrassed to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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