The effects of electroconvulsive therapy on memory of autobiographical and public events

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 581-590

  Lisanby, Sarah H ^a,b   Maddox, Jill H ^a   Prudic, Joan ^a,b   Devanand, D P ^a,b   Sackeim, Harold A ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM; LITHIUM CARBONATE; LORAZEPAM; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LITERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; RETROGRADE AMNESIA;

EID: 0034038508     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.57.6.581     Document Type: Article

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