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ECT, Blood Pressure Changes and Neuropsychological Deficit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

John R. Taylor ,
Barbara G. Kuhlengel  and
Raymond S. Dean
John R. Taylor*
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 4940 Audubon Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
Barbara G. Kuhlengel
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 4940 Audubon Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
Raymond S. Dean
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, 216 South Kingshighway, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
*
∗Correspondence
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Summary

Twenty psychiatric in-patients were studied before and after five bilateral electroconvulsive treatments for major depression. There were significant memory and neuropsychological changes after treatment, and significant reductions in depression rating scores, but they did not correlate with various measures of blood pressure elevation during treatment. The importance of ECT-related amnesia is discussed.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 147 , Issue 1 , July 1985 , pp. 36 - 38
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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