Open AccessElectroconvulsive therapy and autobiographical memory in patients with treatment-resistant depression
Author(s) -
Maria Napierała,
Anna Bodnar,
M Chłopocka-Woźniak,
Agnieszka Permoda-Osip,
Janusz Rybakowski
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
psychiatria polska
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2391-5854
pISSN - 0033-2674
DOI - 10.12740/pp/85787
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , theology , psychology , medicine , philosophy , economics , macroeconomics
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the most effective treatment for drugresistant depression. In most studies, cognitive functions including working and semantic memory showed only transient impairment after ECT. However, the deficits of episodic (autobiographical) memory were demonstrated to be long-lasting.