Unilateral brief-pulse electroconvulsive therapy and cognition: Effects of electrode placement, stimulus dosage and time

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 770-780

  Semkovska, Maria ^a   Keane, Deborah ^a   Babalola, Oyemi ^a   McLoughlin, Declan M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cognition; Depression; Electroconvulsive therapy; Electrode placement; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SKIN ELECTRODE; STANDARDIZATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955889401     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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