Shock [videorecording[DVD]] : electroconvulsive therapy / produced, directed & edited by Brad Osborne ; [produced by AMS Production Group, Inc.].

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 404 (404.1--404.3) | Concept MediaPublication details: Irvine, CA : Distributed by Concept Media, c2007.Description: 3 videodiscs (ca. 189 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 computer optical discs (4 3/4 in.) (in one container)Other title:
  • Electroconvulsive therapy
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RC485   .S55 2007
Contents:
Disc 1. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Part 1 : Introduction ; A dark place (22 min.) -- Disc 2. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Part 2 : In & out of the cuckoo's nest ; Body of evidence (22 min.) -- Disc 3. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Part 3 : The mystery of how & why ; Lifting the cloud (19 min.).
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Brian Vilim ; cinematographer, Brian McFarlin ; music, Brad Dale, Brad Osborne.
Narrator: Christopher Sabat.Summary: severe depression or bipolar disorder., It features candid, intimate interviews with patients and healthcare professionals who discuss their experiences with this treament modality which has been both derided as barbaric and praised as miraculous. Included in this series is an historical perspective of ECT, including information about well-know artists such as Ernest Hemingway and Cole Porter who underwent this treatment many years ago as well as the influence of motion pictures in their less-than-accurate depitions of the procedure. Shock concludes with a discussion of how the effects of ECT on the brain's physiology may make it a successful treatment modality for depression as well as a real-time demonstration of ECT administered to a patient.
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Narrated by Christopher Sabat.

Includes Instructor's guides in PDF format and self-grading tests on CD-ROMs.

Based on the book: Shock : the healing power of electroconvulsive therapy / by Kitty Dukakis and Larry Tye. New York : Avery, c2006.

Originally produced in 2006.

Disc 1. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Part 1 : Introduction ; A dark place (22 min.) -- Disc 2. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Part 2 : In & out of the cuckoo's nest ; Body of evidence (22 min.) -- Disc 3. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Part 3 : The mystery of how & why ; Lifting the cloud (19 min.).

Director of photography, Brian Vilim ; cinematographer, Brian McFarlin ; music, Brad Dale, Brad Osborne.

Narrator: Christopher Sabat.

severe depression or bipolar disorder., It features candid, intimate interviews with patients and healthcare professionals who discuss their experiences with this treament modality which has been both derided as barbaric and praised as miraculous. Included in this series is an historical perspective of ECT, including information about well-know artists such as Ernest Hemingway and Cole Porter who underwent this treatment many years ago as well as the influence of motion pictures in their less-than-accurate depitions of the procedure. Shock concludes with a discussion of how the effects of ECT on the brain's physiology may make it a successful treatment modality for depression as well as a real-time demonstration of ECT administered to a patient.

DVD.; System requirements for CD-ROMs: IBM PC-compatible, Pentium 133 or faster processor with 64MB, Microsoft Windows 98 or higher, 4X or faster CD-ROM drive, 640 x 480 video card capable of displaying thousands of colors, 13" monitor capable of thousands of colors.

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