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Issues in the Assessment of Post-ECT Memory Changes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Lily Brunschwig ,
James J. Strain  and
Thomas George Bidder
Lily Brunschwig
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, The Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennyslvania 19129
James J. Strain
Affiliation:
Montefiore Hospital Centre, Division of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York
Thomas George Bidder
Affiliation:
School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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In this study memory changes during and after electroconvulsive therapy were investigated by means of three different tests. The investigation was double-blind and the subjects were 96 patients hospitalized with depressive illness. Amounts of post-ECT amnesia were evaluated in relation to number of treatments for symptom remission and stability of the therapeutic result over the period of one year.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 119 , Issue 548 , July 1971 , pp. 73 - 74
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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