Open AccessTherapeutic and prophylactic role of cognitive enhancers in electroconvulsive therapy-induced cognitive deficits
Author(s) -
Jyoti Prakash,
Suprakash Chaudhury,
Kaushik Chatterjee,
Atul Kotwal,
Kalpana Srivastava,
Amitav Saha
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/ipj.ipj_105_20
Subject(s) - electroconvulsive therapy , donepezil , cognition , psychology , randomized controlled trial , psychosocial , psychiatry , therapeutic effect , medicine , clinical psychology , dementia , disease
The objective is to evaluate the pattern of cognitive deficits after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT); to ascertain the role of various psychosocial, illness and treatment-related parameters on cognitive functions after ECT; and to evaluate the effect of donepezil on various cognitive deficits.