Age‐Dependent Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy on Memory
作者:
Iannis Zervas,
Avraham Calev,
Lina Jandorf,
Joseph Schwartz,
Elizabeth Gaudino,
Nurith Tubi,
Bernard Lerer,
Baruch Shapira,
期刊:
Convulsive Therapy
(OVID Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 9,
issue 1
页码: 39-42
ISSN:0749-8055
年代: 1993
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
We examined the relation between age and recovery of memory functions after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). In a group of patients 20–65 years of age, older depressed patients treated with ECT experienced more severe and longer lasting memory deficits than did younger patients. Testing conducted 24–72 h after a course of ECT showed more severe deficits in older patients for verbal and visuospatial anterograde memory, and for retrograde memory. The difference between younger and older subjects was marginal at 1 month follow-up, seen only in differences in verbal anterograde memory. At 6 months follow-up, no difference in memory test scores between older and younger patients was observed. Older patients are more vulnerable to cognitive effects of ECT, and these effects last longer.
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