Shock Therapy A History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness eBook
Shock Therapy A History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness
- Date: 28 Feb 2013
- Publisher: Rutgers University Press
- Original Languages: English
- Format: Paperback::384 pages
- ISBN10: 081355425X
- ISBN13: 9780813554259
- Publication City/Country: New Brunswick, NJ, United States
- File name: Shock-Therapy-A-History-of-Electroconvulsive-Treatment-in-Mental-Illness.pdf
- Dimension: 152.4x 228.6x 25.4mm::535.24g Download Link: Shock Therapy A History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness
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