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Acute memory impairment following electroconvulsive therapy. 1. Effects of electrical stimulus waveform and number of treatments.
W. F. Daniel,H. F. Crovitz +1 more
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The role of time before and after seizure induction is examined in relation to degree of retrograde amnesia, and possible causes of greater amnesia following bilateral than unilateral ECT are examined.Abstract:
– The literature concerning acute changes in memory functions following electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) varying in stimulus electrode placement is reviewed. While it is clear that verbal memory deficits are greater following dominant unilateral (or bilateral) ECT than nondominant unilateral ECT, a definitive statement regarding nonverbal memory and electrode placement cannot be made due to methodological inadequacies of existing studies. The role of time before and after seizure induction is examined in relation to degree of retrograde amnesia, and possible causes of greater amnesia following bilateral than unilateral ECT are examined. Practical issues related to the choice of electrode placement are discussed.read more
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Safety and feasibility of magnetic seizure therapy (MST) in major depression: randomized within-subject comparison with electroconvulsive therapy.
TL;DR: Magnetic seizure induction in patients with depression is feasible, and appears to have a superior acute side effect profile than ECT, and future research will be needed to establish whether MST has antidepressant efficacy.
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Does ECT alter brain structure
TL;DR: There is no credible evidence that ECT causes structural brain damage, and findings indicate that the passage of electricity, thermal effects, and the transient disruption of the blood-brain barrier during ECS do not result in structural brainDamage.
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Sampling of empirically supported psychological treatments from health psychology: Smoking, chronic pain, cancer, and bulimia nervosa.
TL;DR: A sampling of interventions in health psychology and behavioral medicine is offered that meet the criteria for empirically supported treatments for smoking cessation, chronic pain, cancer, and bulimia nervosa.
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Studies of dosage, seizure threshold, and seizure duration in ECT
TL;DR: It was found that seizure threshold was associated with seizure duration and electrical dosage at threshold was not related to magnitude of acute cognitive impairments, suggesting that the degree to which dosage exceeds threshold may be more strongly tied to adverse effects than the absolute dosage administered to patients.
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Randomized controlled trial of the cognitive side-effects of magnetic seizure therapy (MST) and electroconvulsive shock (ECS).
TL;DR: It is suggested that MST results in a more benign acute cognitive side-effect profile than ECS in this model, consistent with initial observations with human MST.
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Experimental studies of the therapeutic action of electroconvulsive therapy in endogenous depression
Börje Cronholm,Jan-Otto Ottosson +1 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that shortening of the seizure discharge decreases the therapeutic efficiency of ECT, which is bound to seizure activity and not to other effects of electrical stimulation.