Autobiographical memory after electroconvulsive therapy.
Published: 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 70
ISBN-13: 9780494213995
Description: The effects of electroconvulsive therapy on recent versus remote memory, as well as on the episodic versus semantic components of memory, is unclear. Autobiographical and public event memory was assessed in three patients one week prior and one week following electroconvulsive therapy for depression. Each patient responded differently to the treatment. The only unilateral patient responded in producing a greater number of semantic details following treatment. For the two bilateral patients, one had severely deteriorated memory recollection across all time periods, whereas the other patient produced a temporal gradient, demonstrating poor recall for recent, but not for remote memories.
Notes: Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-03, page: 1675.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2006.

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