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Case Reports
. 1992 Nov;17(5):191-3.

Delayed amnesia and disorientation after electroconvulsive treatment

A Grinshpoon  1 , R Mester, B Spivak, Y Berg, A Bleich, A Weizman
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Delayed amnesia and disorientation after electroconvulsive treatment

A Grinshpoon et al. J Psychiatry Neurosci. 1992 Nov.

Abstract

Memory-related effects of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are known to appear immediately after the treatment. The case of a 39-year-old woman who underwent a course of ECT because of a recurrent major depressive disorder is described. After a symptom-free period of 48 hours, transient amnesia developed. Her condition appeared to be associated with the electroconvulsive therapy, thereby raising questions about its pathogenicity and management.

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