Subjective memory complaints prior to and following electroconvulsive therapy

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 346-356

  Coleman, Eliza A ^a   Sackeim, Harold A ^a,b,d   Prudic, Joan ^b   Devanand, D P ^b   McElhiney, Martin C ^c   Moody, Bobba J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Depression; Electroconvulsive therapy; Memory; Self rating; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE THRESHOLD;

EID: 0029863935     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00185-9     Document Type: Article

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