Open AccessStudy of memory changes after electroconvulsive therapy
Author(s) -
Rajendran Akambadiyar,
Pookala Shivaram Bhat,
Jyoti Prakash
Publication year - 2018
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_42_18
Subject(s) - electroconvulsive therapy , depression (economics) , wechsler memory scale , psychology , wechsler adult intelligence scale , psychiatry , cognition , clinical psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is said to have few adverse effects and among them, cognitive impairment is the most significant side effect limiting its use. However, recent studies have suggested it to be due to illness rather than due to ECT, hence a need to study the memory changes following ECT.