Autobiographical and subjective memory with right unilateral high-dose 0.3-millisecond ultrabrief-pulse and 1-millisecond brief-pulse electroconvulsive therapy: A double-blind, randomized controlled trial

Journal of ECT

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 277-282

  Mayur, Prashanth ^a,b   Byth, Karen ^b,c   Harris, Anthony ^b,c,d  

^a CUMBERLAND HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autobiographical Memory; Subjective Memory; Ultrabrief Pulse Width; Unilateral Ect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; MEMORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUBJECTIVE MEMORY;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84889049945     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3182941baf     Document Type: Article

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