AI Article Synopsis
- The study examines cognitive side effects of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and highlights uncertainties regarding memory and nonmemory cognition changes.
- Forty patients were evaluated on nonmemory cognitive functions before ECT, after completing the treatment, and four weeks later.
- Results indicate that nonmemory cognition actually improved during and after ECT, suggesting that ECT does not negatively impact these cognitive functions.
Article Abstract
Introduction: Possibility of cognitive side effects has made electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) questionable. Variable deficits have been debated in memory cognition. Pattern of changes in nonmemory cognition pre- and post-ECT is not clear.
Methodology: Forty patients undergoing ECT were studied on nonmemory cognitive parameters before ECT, after a course of ECT, and after 4 weeks of last. ECT.
Results: Nonmemory cognition improved during the course of ECT and over 4 weeks of ECT.
Conclusions: ECT does not affect the nonmemory cognition adversely.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4866354 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.181723 | DOI Listing |
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