ECT: II: Patients who Complain

Authors:
  • CFC. P. L. Freeman
    C. P. L. Freeman
  • DWD. Weeks
    D. Weeks
  • RKR. E. Kendell
    R. E. Kendell
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Abstract
Summary: Twenty-six subjects who complained of permanent unwanted effects following ECT were compared with two groups of control subjects on a battery of 19 cognitive tests. Many statistically significant differences were found in cognitive functioning, mostly attributable to the level of depression or medication in the complainers. However, after analysis of variance/co-variance some differences still remained, indicating impaired cognitive functioning in the ECT complaining group.