Memory Functions Six to Nine Months After Electroconvulsive Therapy

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1975, Pages 1557-1564

  Squire, Larry R ^a,b   Chace, Paul M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCONVULSIVE SHOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGE; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0016621475     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1975.01760300095008     Document Type: Article

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