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Post-ECT Blood Pressure Rise and its Relationship to Cognitive and Affective Change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

M. P. O'donnell  and
M. G. T. Webb
M. P. O'donnell
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2 and St Patrick's Hospital, Dublin 8
M. G. T. Webb*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2 and St Patrick's Hospital, Dublin 8
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Post-ECT blood pressure rise and its relationship to cognitive and affective change were studied in 29 depressed patients, using the Benton Visual Retention Test, the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, and the Leeds Self-Assessment Scale for Depression and Anxiety. No real difference was established in the Benton Test error scores before and after ECT, no correlation between rise in blood pressure and change in Benton Test error score with ECT was found, and no correlation was found between blood pressure rise and affective improvement following ECT. Previous studies which reported such correlations are not supported.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 149 , Issue 4 , October 1986 , pp. 494 - 497
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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