Measuring retrograde autobiographical amnesia following electroconvulsive therapy historical perspective and current issues

Journal of ECT

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 127-133

  Semkovska, Maria ^a   McLoughlin, Declan M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Depression; ECT; Retrograde amnesia

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECALL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; RETROGRADE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AMNESIA; SYMPTOM;

AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84880135767     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e318279c2c9     Document Type: Article

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