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Principles and Practice of Electroconvulsive Therapy
Keith G. Rasmussen
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
2019
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Even with the rise of newer neuropsychiatric brain stimulation methods, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) remains a widely used treatment for severe mental illness -- and perhaps the most effective for serious mental illness. Optimal treatment requires that psychiatrists be skilled in diagnosis and familiar with the techniques of treatment.That's where Principles and Practice of Electroconvulsive Therapy comes in. With its up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of all aspects of ECT, this is an unrivaled resource for psychiatrists, whether in practice or still in training, striving for maximum treatment efficacy. The book begins with an overview of what ECT is and how it is carried out, followed by a brief history of the therapy, from its earliest applications to its use in modern times. The guide follows the typical course of treatment, discussing the following: ? Understanding the indications for ECT and selecting patients who might benefit from this therapy -- whether they suffer from depression, mania, schizophrenia, or catatonia? Educating patients and their families on ECT and obtaining patient consent? Conducting a pretreatment medical evaluation and understanding the role of anesthesia? Managing an individual ECT treatment, including choosing the electrical stimulus dose and parameter combination, delivering the electrical stimulus, assisting with recovery problems, etc.? Overseeing the course of treatments, particularly for practitioners not personally conducting the treatments? Managing patients after a course of treatments and preventing relapse? Assessing and managing the memory side effects of ECT The final chapter examines other neuropsychiatric stimulation therapies in relation to ECT and explains how to choose among them. All chapters conclude with easily referenced key points that summarize the most salient ideas. Readers seeking to further educate themselves on ECT will also benefit from the exhaustive reference list.Though particularly useful for psychiatrists and psychiatric residents, Principles and Practice of Electroconvulsive Therapy, with its straightforward style, is a ready resource for any mental health or medical professionals interested in ECT.
Few substances are as enigmatic as ketamine. Is it an effective anesthetic? A useful tool for the psychiatrist? A doorway to transcendence and spiritual awakening? A dangerously addictive drug? The opinions are as plentiful as the individuals who encounter it. As its use in the psychiatric setting expands, however, it's important for clinicians and patients alike to move past preconceived notions and misconceptions and truly understand ketamine: its history, its uses, its effects, and what the future might hold. They'll find no better resource than Ketamine: The Story of Modern Psychiatry's Most Fascinating Molecule. Meticulously researched, engagingly written, and comprehensive in scope, this book traces ketamine's history, examining: Its origins as an alternative to PCP as an analgesic and anesthetic.The consequences of its widespread use as a recreational drug.Its complex pharmacology.Its role in understanding and treating schizophrenia.Its use to manage chronic pain, depression, anxiety disorders, and other conditions . Each chapter beings with key points that frame the discussion and synthesize the information that follows. The guide concludes with hundreds of references that invite the reader to further study. Far from simply a dry chronology of ketamine, this book is a well-rounded exploration of a substance of tremendous consequence to psychiatry and neurology alike.
Saving Primo: Stories by Keith G. Laufenberg
Keith G. Laufenberg
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2013
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"Saving Primo" is the last of the book's four stories with the primary characters being J.D. Dickens, and his partner, Isaiah 'I-Hop' Hopkins. The story's intrigue involves a top-secret deal between the American and Canadian governments concerning an enormous oil pipeline that is being built through the Canadian Yukon and far into the U.S. and when Primo Canto, whose life had been saved by J.D. and his partner 18 months previously, phones them about his finding information for an environmentalist group that is against the clandestine pipeline deal even more vehemently since they find it also involves Russia when Primo finds proof that it also involves a secret underwater pipeline that will stretch from the tip of Alaska into Russia. Primo, who had fallen in love with the future president of her own new country, and leader of millions of hard-core, rabid and revolutionary environmentalists, had taken the fall when the Canadian and American governments had charged him with espionage, arrested him and was in the process of trying him for treason, for which he could receive the death penalty, when he called J.D. -from his jail cell. This story is set a few years into the future but it is in the news right now, in 2013, as both countries battle their number one enemy-the environmentalists-as well as the public-over the questions of the gas and oil companies, as well as the governments, rights that they claim in the name of National security and if you want to see how this upcoming reality may very well end don't miss "Saving Primo," the last story in this series. "Sandcastles in the Sun," is the first story in this series of stories about Julius 'J.D.' Dickens, a private investigator and former police officer for 19 years, who gets this case when his assistant, a 21-year old first year law student, whose father is a police captain, assures him that it's a simple "open-and-shut" case paid for with department money. Dickens, who has personal reasons for accepting cases paid for by department money, takes it. J.D. meets the owner of the Love-Bug restaurant, the suspect in the 30-year old cold case that he had undertaken and also the suspect in the murder of her husband, a multi-millionaire who had made his money in the car business. She had taken her inheritance and opened the Love Bug Restaurant, a shrine to the pesky insects that mated once every year and wreck havoc on anyone who ventures into Florida during that period. Her own son had actually pleaded with the police for years that his mother was the real killer but then general sentiment was that the son was incensed over his dad's car dealership that had gone belly-up and he wanted to get the money his mother had made from her hugely successful chain of Love Bug restaurants. J.D. had been ready to forget the case when he met the suspect, a Dolly Parton lookalike who made him an offer that he just couldn't seem to turn down. "The Spearhead Case" begins when 'J.D.' Dickens takes a case when a man walks into his office one day without an appointment or phone call. He knows who J.D. is and says he was referred to him by a childhood friend who had been his partner on the local P.D. for over a decade. The case is so quirky and troubling that J.D is just about to turn it down when $20 K in cash as a retainer entices him off just enough to take the case. The Spearhead case leads J.D. and recently retired from the force, Isaiah Hopkins, into a partnership again. The challenge is the Everglades, with its huge alligators, crocodiles and twenty-foot Burmese pythons and a suspect who was born and raised there and is half Seminole Indian and half Gladesman and calls himself Osceola Again in reference to the legendary Everglades Indian Osceola. It's a challenge that both men see as almost impossible and they will need all their local police knowledge and connections to solve. "A Heartbeat Away" is a twisting/turning Las Vegas boxing story that you will never for
This book presents for the first time a history of Eretria during the Archaic Era, the city's most notable period of political importance and Keith Walker examines all the major elements of the city's success.One of the key factors explored is Eretria's role as a pioneer coloniser in both the Levant and the West - its early Aegaen 'island empire' anticipates that of Athens by more than a century, and Eretrian shipping and trade was similarly widespread.Eretria's major, indeed dominant, role in the events of central Greece in the last half of the sixth century, and in the events of the Ionian Revolt to 490 is clearly demonstrated, and the tyranny of Diagoras (c.538-509), perhaps the golden age of the city, is fully examined.Full documentation of literary, epigraphic and archaeological sources (most of which has previously been inaccessible to an English speaking-audience) is provided, creating a fascinating history and valuable resource for the Greek historian.
This book presents for the first time a history of Eretria during the Archaic Era, the city's most notable period of political importance and Keith Walker examines all the major elements of the city's success.One of the key factors explored is Eretria's role as a pioneer coloniser in both the Levant and the West - its early Aegaen 'island empire' anticipates that of Athens by more than a century, and Eretrian shipping and trade was similarly widespread.Eretria's major, indeed dominant, role in the events of central Greece in the last half of the sixth century, and in the events of the Ionian Revolt to 490 is clearly demonstrated, and the tyranny of Diagoras (c.538-509), perhaps the golden age of the city, is fully examined.Full documentation of literary, epigraphic and archaeological sources (most of which has previously been inaccessible to an English speaking-audience) is provided, creating a fascinating history and valuable resource for the Greek historian.
The Welfare State and Canadian Federalism
Keith G. Banting
McGill-Queen's University Press
1987
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The first edition of The Welfare State and Canadian Federalism focused on the impact of federalism on social policy during a period of economic growth and expanding social expenditures. The revised edition extends the analysis by asking how the federal syatem has shaped the social policy response to neo-conservatism, recession, and restraint. It analyses policy trends in detail; examines the implications of constitutional changes, including the Charter; and highlights the continuing role of federalism.
The book's primary aim is to determine whether Canada and the United States have become more similar as their economies have become more integrated and their societies more diverse. The authors conclude that, although powerful economic and social pressures clearly constrain national governments and lead to convergence in some areas, distinctive cultural and political processes preserve room for distinctive national responses to important problems of the late twentieth century. Authors include Keith Banting, Paul Boothe (University of Alberta), Marsha Chandler (University of Toronto), George Hoberg, Robert Howse (University of Toronto), Christopher Manfredi (McGill University), George Perlin (Queen's University), Douglas Purvis (Queen's University), Richard Simeon, and Elaine Willis (consultant, Toronto).
The Review of Economic Performance and Social Progress, 2001
Keith G. Banting; Andrew Sharpe; France St-Hilaire
The Institute for Research on Public Policy
2001
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This new series will provide in-depth examinations of specific aspects of our economic performance and social progress, often using new data sets, and analyze the two-way linkages and interaction between economic performance and social progress
The fiscal crisis facing Canadian governments, economic restructuring, and rapid change in labour markets are generating powerful pressures for reform of federal-provincial financial arrangements and the social programs they sustain. The Future of Fiscal Federalism brings together leading experts from across the country to explore current problems and suggest solutions.
Labour Market Polarization and Social Policy Reform
Keith G. Banting; Charles M. Beach
Queen's University
1995
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Labour Market Polarization and Social Policy Reform explores the dimensions of polarization and the challenges it poses for social policy reform, presenting the most recent evidence on polarization, poverty, and inequality in Canada and other nations.
Reform of Retirement Income Policy
Keith G. Banting; Robin W. Boadway
Queen's University
1996
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Canada is hardly unique in this respect. Countries around the world are engaged in similar debates, and their experience holds important lessons. Through the perspectives of international and Canadian researchers, Reform of Retirement Income Policy focuses on many key reform issues: future income prospects for the elderly, roles of the public and private sectors, fairness and intergenerational equity, affordability and economic impacts, public expectations, and political constraints. Contributors include Bob Baldwin (Canadian Labour Congress), Keith G. Banting (Queen's), Ken Battle (Caledon Institute of Social Policy), Gordon Betcherman (Ekos Research), Robin Boadway (Queen's), Thomas J. Courchene (Queen's), James Cutt (Victoria), James Davies (Western), Andrew Dilnot (Institute of Fiscal Studies, England), Estelle James (World Bank), Newman Lam (Victoria), Harvey Lazar (Queen's), Jack M. Mintz (U of T), Brian Murphy (Statistics Canada), John Myles (Florida State), Paul Pierson (Harvard), Michael Prince (Victoria), Jill Quadagno (Florida State), William B.P. Robson (C.D. Howe Institute), Monica Townson (economic consultant), Thomas A. Wilson (U of T), Michael Wolfson (Statistics Canada).
The size and complexity of the not-for-profit sector, the role of religious organizations in the delivery of social services, the distinctive roles of not-for-profits in caring for the elderly in Ontario and Quebec, the advocacy role of ethno-cultural organizations at the national level, and accountability dilemmas facing not-for-profit organizations are just some of the topics tackled in this book, illustrating the rich diversity of the not-for-profit sector.
The size and complexity of the not-for-profit sector, the role of religious organizations in the delivery of social services, the distinctive roles of not-for-profits in caring for the elderly in Ontario and Quebec, the advocacy role of ethno-cultural organizations at the national level, and accountability dilemmas facing not-for-profit organizations are just some of the topics tackled in this book, illustrating the rich diversity of the not-for-profit sector.
1985, manufacturing is in decline and UK financial services has just started to unleash its commanding power over the economy for the next 25 years until the credit crunch bites. Sales of retail financial products and advice proliferated as banks, insurance companies and financial advisers scramble for market share. Regulation and regulators along with advice models traverse an ever growing understanding of the effects of the financial sales advice and service that has gone before, mortgages and endowments being good examples. To a significant extent successful selling is what financial services, along with most other services and products are about, as you will see. This book details the journey of a financial adviser through UK financial sales over a quarter of a century, containing some humorous anecdotes of success, failure and middle management to aid understanding and improve prospects. Starting from a bank clerk to running his own financial services company from a clean sheet, Keith Churchouse will visit many aspects of working for a financial services business leading to running his own successful business, including marketing, industry education, sales techniques and targeting and self belief in your own abilities to succeed in the current economy.
The decision to leave a spouse is one thing. Understanding and navigating the divorce process thereafter is another entirely. Each divorce is different. The good news is that there is a general path in the overall process which can be charted. This book will show you how. Sure, you can read a pamphlet or get a free half hour with a divorce solicitor to try to understand what's going to happen to you and in which order. However, without parting with even more money, you may not really see through the fog of the overall divorce process that you may endure for many months to come. Addicted to Wedding Cake aims to signpost the route through the jargon and procedures to the day when your divorce is over. It will explain the nitty gritty and provide samples of some of the court forms you are likely to encounter along the way. This is a guide of how the English and Welsh divorce system works. It's not a guide on deciding to divorce, because that's your personal decision (or a fact if you are the one being divorced). It is about the journey of divorce and will help you to understand what's going on and that you are not alone. Divorce can be an undignified and hollow experience, however this guide will help you to make the best of the situation and manage your expectations.
Your ears are still ringing from the nagging you received during your marriage or partnership. That's one reason why you are now tagged with the label divorcee. You've bagged up all your personal belongings, having negotiated any final division of the legal and financial stuff, for the time being anyway, and now it's time to move on. The world is your oyster- or it might feel like more of a barnacle so far. Who are you now? A person of the past, crying over spilt milk, or are you ready for the challenge of reinvigorating and reinventing a new you? Henry Ford of motorcar fame reportedly said 'Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently'. This statement is true of the recovery stages most go through after the breakdown of a previous relationship. The vital question is how to recover? Nagged, Tagged and Bagged looks at the recovery stages and the opportunities these bring. Your future is a new universe, ready to create and investigate. It's just a question of how you, with the help of this book, approach what could be the best part of your life. Let's explore!
Assine, Aqui, Aqui E Aqui! Jornada De Um Consultor Financeiro
Keith G. Churchouse
Churchouse Consultants LLP
2012
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Quer se trate de comprar uma barra de chocolate para afastar a fome ou da escolha de um carro para expressar um estilo de vida, cada venda comeca com uma necessidade ou aspiracao. Para realizar uma venda de forma eficaz e necessaria compreensao. Conhecimento e poder - mas o conhecimento aliado a experiencia, e muito mais valioso. Nesse livro eu trato dos principios de venda de servicos financeiros. Voce vai ver os caminhos muitas vezes divertidos em que essas vendas podem ocorrer, bem como as armadilhas contra as quais voce devera abrir os olhos. Toda a profissao tem presenciado mudancas em regulamentos e processos de governanca afetando os negocios e sua gestao e esse livro vai colocar essas mudancas dentro do contexto.
You may not believe it right now, but it is true. The recession is over! Sure, there will be a few more monetary 'wobbles and worries' to slow initial recovery, but nevertheless, recovery is on its way. Our return to prosperity will look different to times gone by, but it will happen, and happen soon. For now is the new business reality, especially for aspiring and mature Small to Medium Enterprises, (SME's). Exciting and possibly uncharted times lie ahead. The only question that remains is Are you and your business really ready? The economic environment is changing and both you and your business should be getting ready right now, innovating and preparing new ideas to take advantage of the opportunities coming your way. Economies change fast and this is nothing new. The reality of recent day to day trading, especially for some SME's, is usually just focussing on maintaining market share, proposition and profitability now. This is not unreasonable, it's been tough for the last few years and you don't need me to remind you of this. This book investigates ideas, new business practices, experiences and the reality of the dynamic recovery proposition that lies just ahead if you apply some thought, strategy, innovation, energy and robust planning. Are you and your business ready?