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Hindi International Journal of Mental Health & PsychiatryISSN: 2471-4372
Abdallah Abu Khait Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Developmental appropriate practice; Electroconvulsive therapy; Major depressive patients
School of Nursing, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan
Biography
My current research interest focuses on developing a national reminiscence program in Jordan by raising awareness among Jordanian people, health care providers, and health policymakers regarding the importance of reminiscence in promoting mental health. This goal will be accomplished by conducting a series of studies that describe the association between reminiscence functions and other health-related outcomes, as well as studies that describe the differences in reminiscence patterns and functions based on demographic variables.
Publications
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Developmental Appropriate Practice of Electroconvulsive Therapy with Major Depressive Patients: A Position Statement of the Applying ECT for the MDD
Author(s): Abdallah Abu Khait, Sara Abu Rashaid
Applying of electroconvulsive therapy for psychiatric disorder is considered as controversial issue since development of the ECT in 1938. Major depression disorder affects millions of people every year and had several negative consequences on human suffering. Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is still the most effective therapy for treatment of major depression and for cases that need a rapid clinical response. But there is practical and ethical limitations around using of ECT that appear from review the opponents and proponents of researchers and articles about it, the purpose of this position statement is to consolidate current knowledge of research and literatures into many fields of decisions for perform ECT with MDD, and its positive and negative effects ... view more»
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