This is the best intro on ECT that I've read. As a complete beginner to the subject, I need the practical aspects of ECT front loaded. Kellner's text does just this. Right away, this book starts discussing the unique aspects of the ECT H&P, ECT technique, and how/why to adjust ECT parameters based on the history elicited from the pt. Other books I've read on ECT and TMS scatter nuggets of practical advice among long, barely formatted paragraphs which summarize the findings of recent research, which makes them too difficult to read as an intro.