Memory self-ratings before and after electroconvulsive therapy: depression-versus ECT induced
Pettinati, H.M.; Rosenberg, J.
Biological Psychiatry 19(4): 539-548
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0006-3223 PMID: 6733173 Document Number: 238882
The Squire Self-rating Scale of Memory Function was administered to 28 depressed inpatients before and after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), with random assignment to bilateral or unilateral electrode placement. Several memory changes differentiated between bilateral and unilateral ECT following treatment (p less than 0.05). Memory complaints arising from ECT were distinguished from those due to depression.