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The Effect of Unilateral Non-Dominant ECT on Memory and Perceptual Functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Pat McKenna  and
R. T. C. Pratt
Pat McKenna
Affiliation:
The National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, England
R. T. C. Pratt
Affiliation:
The National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, England
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Summary

A range of memory and perceptual tests not previously used in the assessment of the effects of ECT has shown no impairment in 38 depressed patients after six unilateral (one dominant and five non-dominant) ECT.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 142 , Issue 3 , March 1983 , pp. 276 - 279
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Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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