A Comparison of some retrograde and anterograde
effects of electroconvulsive shock in patients with severe depression
Br J Psychol 1987 Feb;78 ( Pt 1):53-63
Author(s): Frith CD; Stevens M; Johnstone EC; Deakin JF; Lawler P; Crow TJ
Abstract: Seventy severely depressed patients were randomly assigned to
receive either a standard course of bilateral electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) or
a course of simulated ECT (muscle relaxant and anaesthesia) identical to the
real course except that the shock was omitted. Anterograde amnesia due to the
shock was demonstrated in recognition Abstract: memory for word lists and in
recall of labels for faces, but this was eliminated by priming. Retrograde
amnesia was also present for labels for faces learned the day before a
treatment, but this was not eliminated by priming. Recognition memory for
material learned in the remote past was better in the patients who had received
shock than in those who had received only anaesthetic.
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