Electroconvulsive therapy and cognitive function

On electroconvulsive therapy in depression : Clinical, cognitive and neurobiological aspects

Quality of life and function after electroconvulsive therapy.

BACKGROUND The National Institute for Clinical Excellence in the UK has recommended limiting the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), partly because of the inadequacy of research into the effects of ECT on quality of life and function. AIMS To examine the effects of ECT on function and quality of life, particularly as they relate to changes in mood and cognition in the month following this...

Evaluation of cumulative cognitive deficits from electroconvulsive therapy.

BACKGROUND Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the most effective acute treatment for severe depression, but widely held concerns about memory problems may limit its use. AIMS To find out whether repeated or maintenance courses of ECT cause cumulative cognitive deterioration. METHOD Analysis of the results of 10 years of cognitive performance data collection from patients who have received E...

Adverse effects of electroconvulsive therapy on cognitive performance

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has historically been shown to be a highly effective method of treating major depression and catatonic state otherwise resistant to psychopharmacotherapy.1-5 However, ECT has also been associated with a variety of transient impairments in cognitive performance during and following the treatment.6-10 The side effects, often subjectively reported by the patients, i...

Propofol and electroconvulsive therapy.

(being a private hospital) where often the most difficult patients are admitted. The situation with restricted patients is differ ent. The RMO has no authority to discharge the patient, although the Home Office could be accused of passing the buck. It is unfair that administrative officers and clerks, hundreds of miles away at the Home Office, should make this decision for some of the most diff...