Each Day I Like It Better: Autism, ECT, and the Treatment of Our Most Impaired Children PDF
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Amy S. F. Lutz each day i like it better autisM, ect , and the treatMent oF our Most iMpaired children Foreword by dirk dhossche, Md , and charles kellner, Md Each Day I Like It Better autism, ect, and the treatment of our most impaired children amy s. f. lutz Vanderbilt UniVersity Press Nashville © 2014 by Amy S. F. Lutz All rights reserved Published 2014 by Vanderbilt University Press Nashville, Tennessee 37235 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Manufactured in the United States of America Frontispiece photograph by Amy Lutz Text design by Rich Hendel Composition by Vanderbilt University Press Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data on file lC control number 2013034804 lC classification number rJ506.a9l88 2013 Dewey class number 618.92’85882—dc23 isbn 978-0-8265-1975-7 (hardcover) isbn 978-0-8265-1976-4 (paperback) isbn 978-0-8265-1977-1 (ebook) For Jonah, Matthew, Paul, Gary, David, Sam, John, and Alex Contents Foreword xi by Charles Kellner, MD, and Dirk Dhossche, MD 1 Jonah, 2009 The Debate on Cognitive Side Effects 1 2 Matthew 22 3 Jonah, January–March 2010 The Efficacy Studies 31 4 Paul 44 5 Jonah, March 2010 ECT Begins 52 6 Gary and David 67 7 Jonah, March–April 2010 One Step Forward, Two Steps Back 76 8 Sam 99 9 Jonah, April 2010 Maintenance Begins 106 10 Alex 120 11 Jonah, August–September 2010 How Does ECT Work? 139 12 John 150 13 The ECT Controversy 160 Epilogue, January 26, 2011: The FDA Hearing 175 Afterword, May 16, 2013 185 Acknowledgments 189 Notes 191 Index 197 If love were the cure, I would have been healed a long time ago. — Martha Manning, Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface
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