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Shock
Kitty Dukakis has battled debilitating depression for more than twenty years. Coupled with drug and alcohol addictions that both hid and fueled her suffering, Kitty?s despair was overwhelming. She tried every medication and treatment available; none worked for long. It wasn?t until she tried electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, that she could reclaim her life. Kitty?s dramat...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
September 6th 2007
by Avery Trade
(first published September 14th 2006)
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You would have to be pretty darned interested in learning about Electro-Convulsive Therapy to really enjoy this book. Alternating chapters are written by Kitty Dukakis about her own experience while the other chapters are written by a medical journalist about the history, facts, and figures about ECT (aka "shock therapy"). I wouldn't have bothered even posting this book here, since I am probably the only one remotely interested in mental health treatments like this, BUT I wanted to report that I...more
Unless you or someone you know is going to have or has had ECT, then this book probably wouldn't interest you. It is, however, very informative with regards to the pros and cons of ECT and I wish I had read this before I underwent the procedure; but it hadn't been published yet.
Shock is actually two books in one: it consists of Kitty Dukakis's experience with having ECT for her depression, and the other part, written by Larry Tye, is a history of ECT. Tye also presents various theories as to how...more
Shock is actually two books in one: it consists of Kitty Dukakis's experience with having ECT for her depression, and the other part, written by Larry Tye, is a history of ECT. Tye also presents various theories as to how...more
Dukakis' description of being in the throes of depression will ring true with anyone who has suffered from the disease. She sheds new light on the old therapy of electroshock, something that many of us hold outdated and incorrect ideas about.
Her description of coping with depression / bipolar disorder over a lifetime is pretty powerful, and she's very candid about her experience with ECT pro and con, but the chapters by her co-author get a little long.
Jan 30, 2013
Karen Mayes
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3 of 5 stars
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mental-health,
nonfiction
Not bad.... explaining the ECT (electroconvulsvie therapy) and it explains the history of it, the cons and pros of it... it's something that should be offered more often.
Very informative. Gave me a new prespective on depression on another cure that should be explored more often.
Highly readable introduction to shock therapy and the controversies surrounding it.
this book is a bit sterile, probably not actually written by ms dukakis..though its crammed with plenty of information, differing viewpoints, all together, quite a acomprehensive read (though I'm still not convinced that ECT is for me)....
This book was a good look at the controversy of shock treatment, although I ended up finding Kitty's chapters more enthralling than the chapters written by Globe reporter about the history/controversy of the therapy.
Aug 24, 2010
Leisl
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Didn't finish it, but learned a lot from the 2/3 that I did read. Would recommend to someone looking to learn more about ECT.
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Bonnie
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Oct 23, 2012
Nubia
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