Short Form Annotated Bib

Topic: Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy

Sources:

Snyders, Matt. "Electroconvulsive Therapy May Not Be Helpful." Mental Illness. Ed. Roman Espejo. 

Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Minnesota Mental Health Patient 

Ray Sandford Forced into Electro-Shock Therapy." City Pages 20 May 2009. Gale Opposing Viewpoints 

In Context. Web. 9 Nov. 2012.

-This article breaks down the reasons why ECT would not benefit the patient in a very articulate way, outlining a very clear cause and effects. It is also well written and coherent and fluid in its logic that even I understand it despite limited exposure to medical terminology.

Flint, Val. "Electroconvulsive Therapy Can Be Effective." Mental Illness. Mary E. Williams. Detroit: 

Greenhaven Press, 2007. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "The Place of ECT in Mental Health Care." 

Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand 11.9 (Oct. 2005): 18-19. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 9 

Nov. 2012.

-This is the opposing viewpoint from above, written in a very similar manner and rebutts effectively. 

"Magnetic therapy shows promise for depression." Age [Melbourne, Australia] 24 Oct. 2012: 8. Gale 

Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 9 Nov. 2012.

-This article shows how ECT is breaking out to the public and becoming common knowledge and its potential usage.

"How To Help Anxious Minds." Newsweek 22 Sept. 2008: 69. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. 

Web. 9 Nov. 2012.

-This lists ECT as an alternative method and its reccomendations

Bethune, Brian. "A shocking truth: once thought barbaric, electroshock therapy is making a comeback." Maclean's 15 Oct. 2007: 68. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 9 Nov. 2012.

-This is exposing the renewed interest in ECT