Overgeneral memory predicts stability of short-term outcome of electroconvulsive therapy for depression

Journal of ECT

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-83

  Raes, Filip ^a,c   Sienaert, Pascal ^a   Demyttenaere, Koen ^a   Peuskens, Joseph ^a   Williams, J Mark G ^b   Hermans, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Depression; Electroconvulsive therapy; Overgeneral memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 41849100014     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e31814da995     Document Type: Article

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