History, power, and electricity: American popular magazine accounts of electroconvulsive therapy, 1940-2005

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-18

  Hirshbein, Laura ^a   Sarvananda, Sharmalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HISTORY; HUMAN; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLISHING; UNITED STATES;

ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; POWER PLANTS; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLISHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38949130707     PISSN: 00225061     EISSN: 15206696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhbs.20283     Document Type: Article

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