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PSYCHOLOGY AND ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (II): INTERESTED CONSENSUS LACKING IN EVIDENCE [PDF]

open access: yesPapeles del Psicólogo, 2020
This paper and its first part attempt to comprehend the use of electroshock, a technique whose effectiveness has not been unequivocally demonstrated.
David González-Pando   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Use of Electroshock Weapons by the Finnish Police in 2016

open access: yesNordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab, 2017
When using force, police officers also exercise public power and thereby interfere in a significant way with people’s basic legal and human rights. This article examines situations in which Finnish police officers use electroshock weapons as a means of ...
Henri Rikander
doaj   +1 more source

Antiepileptic Activity of Zingerone on Maximal Electroshock and Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Seizure in Mice [PDF]

open access: yesResearch Journal of Pharmacognosy
Background and objectives: Epilepsy is a chronic disorder affecting a broad spectrum of individuals. Recently, there has been increased interest in the role of oxidative stress in epilepsy; adjuvant antiepileptic medicines aimed at reducing oxidative ...
Zakiye Sadat Afzali-Boroujeni   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Searching for New Leads to Treat Epilepsy: Target-Based Virtual Screening for the Discovery of Anticonvulsant Agents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The purpose of this investigation is to contribute to the development of new anticonvulsant drugs to treat patients with refractory epilepsy. We applied a virtual screening protocol that involved the search into molecular databases of new compounds and ...
Bruno Blanch, Luis Enrique   +8 more
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Exploring the Anticonvulsant Activity of Aqueous Extracts of Ficus benjamina L. Figs in Experimentally Induced Convulsions

open access: yesJournal of Chemistry, 2023
Background. Ficus benjamina L. is an evergreen tree, native to Southeast Asia, and often known as a weeping fig. Its latex and fruit extracts are used by indigenous cultures to cure skin conditions, inflammation, vomiting, leprosy, malaria, and nasal ...
Rajinder Singh   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Promoting Dynamic Recrystallization of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloy via Electroshock Treatment

open access: yesMetals, 2023
The application of high-strength Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy is seriously limited because of its poor formability. A novel electroshock treatment (EST) technique with low frequency combined with tensile deformation was proposed to address the issues of low ...
Yanli Song   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

PSYCHOLOGY AND ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (I): HISTORICAL AND CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS [PDF]

open access: yesPapeles del Psicólogo, 2020
This two-part paper exposes in a critical way the background and evidence to enable us to comprenhend the use of electroshock for different psychopathological disorders.
David González-Pando   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Looming struggles over technology for border control [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
New technologies under development, capable of inflicting pain on masses of people, could be used for border control against asylum seekers. Implementation might be rationalized by the threat of mass migration due to climate change, nuclear disaster or ...
Brian Martin   +12 more
core   +1 more source

Biological effects of an impulse current according to laboratory researches of electroshock devices [PDF]

open access: yesСаратовский научно-медицинский журнал, 2013
The federal law "About Weapons" permits the use of electroshock devices if they are safe for people. We developed requirements for the procedure medical-biological testing on the safety of electroshock devices.
Grigoryev О.A.   +3 more
doaj  

Atrapados sin salida: terapias de shock y la consolidación de la psiquiatría en Chile, 1930-1950

open access: yesNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2009
Modern medicine rejected the social and subjective meanings of disease reducing it to its biological aspects. This was possible trough the materialization of the sick in a "body", able to be measured, registered, experimented, corrected, healed and ...
Claudia Araya Ibacache   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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