Review: at least one third of people report persistent memory loss after electroconvulsive therapy

Review: at least one third of people report persistent memory loss after electroconvulsive therapy.

Effectiveness of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Persistent Methamphetamine ‎Psychosis: A Pilot Study

Background: Persistent methamphetamine (METH) psychosis is a psychotic state beyond 1-month after abstinence, for which there is no effective treatment. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in persistent METH psychosis patients hospitalized at Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Kerman, Iran, from 6 September 2012 until 6 September 2013, who were not remitted ...

Patients' perspectives on electroconvulsive therapy: systematic review.

OBJECTIVE To ascertain patients' views on the benefits of and possible memory loss from electroconvulsive therapy. DESIGN Descriptive systematic review. DATA SOURCES Psychinfo, Medline, Web of Science, and Social Science Citation Index databases, and bibliographies. STUDY SELECTION Articles with patients' views after treatment with electroconvulsive therapy. DATA EXTRACTION 26 studies c...

Cortical blindness after electroconvulsive therapy.

Electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) for mental disorders is considered to be safe and effective when administered according to standard protocols for appropriate indications.1-4 It can produce transient cognitive impairment, but not structural damage, to the brain and is remarkably free from serious complications. Deaths after ECT are reported to occur at a rate of 2 per 100,000 treatments, about...

Atrioventricular Dissociation after Electroconvulsive Therapy

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is increasingly used as a treatment for psychiatric disorders. Cardiac effects are the principal cause of medical complications in these patients. We report a case of atrioventricular (AV) dissociation that occurred after ECT that was treated with pacemaker implantation. The mechanisms contributing to the onset of AV dissociation in this patient, and the manageme...