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Subjective Side-Effects of ECT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Joan Gomez
Joan Gomez*
Affiliation:
Springfield Hospital, London, S. W.17 (now Registrar, Westminster Hospital London, S.W.I.)
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Summary

The incidence of side-effects present 24 hours after electroconvulsive therapy was studied in 96 patients who between them received 500 treatments in a consecutive series. None of the side-effects occurred frequently: headache was experienced after 2·6 per cent and subjective memory impairment after 3 per cent of treatments. None of the unwanted effects held any serious physical threat. The aspect of ECT most disliked by the patients in this study, and mentioned by 16 per cent of them, was the fear of permanent memory upset.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 127 , Issue 6 , December 1975 , pp. 609 - 611
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1975 

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