A STUDY ON ALTERATIONS OF MEMORY BEFORE AND AFTER PERFORMING ECT

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VAFAEE B.; GHADIMI B.

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Journal: Studies in Medical Sciences Year:2005 | Volume:15 | Issue:4 Page(s): 262-267

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A STUDY ON ALTERATIONS OF MEMORY BEFORE AND AFTER PERFORMING ECT

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VAFAEE B. | GHADIMI B. | Issue Writer Certificate

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ELECTRO CONVULSIVE THERAPYQ3

SCHIZOPHRENIAQ3

MAJOR DEPRESSIONQ3

BIPOLAR DISORDERSQ4

DECREASE OF MEMORYQ4

Abstract

Background & Aim: Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), though was controversial for 50 years, is still the core position for the treatment of severe and uncontrollable psychiatric disorders. After much more disputes and prejudices during the latest 20 years, this therapeutic method has been adopted as an effective approach to treatment according to the thorough scientific investigations all over the world. Especially, nowadays, it serves as well as one of the safest and most effective methods in the modern psychiatry. In Iran, ECT was introduced in 1935 and still is used for the routine treatments of psychiatric disorders. Those who believed that this method leads to an organic lesion in or disability of brain could not show any obvious documents involving brain pathology on patients undergoing frequent ECT. The purpose of this study was to assess alterations of memory before and after performing ECT in order to define whether it results in memory decreasing. Materials & methods: This study performed as a descriptive - analytic study over 100 patients in Tabriz, Razi hospital. The studied patients assessed by performing primary diagnostic approaches or by using MQ test about memory coefficient and then were treated by electroconvulsive and were evaluated repeatedly about memory coefficient by MQ test and assessment were repeated after 1 month. The results were analyzed by using SPSS software. Results: Patients with SCHIZOPHRENIA and other psychotic disorders, MAJOR DEPRESSION, and BIPOLAR DISORDERS were included %48, %34 and %14 of disease groups. Respectively, decrease in memory coefficient in SCHIZOPHRENIA patients just after ECT was %4.22 and in patients with MAJOR DEPRESSION and BIPOLAR DISORDERS was % 5.5 and % 6.5 respectively. Similar results were observed with some cure after 1 month. There was no relationship between personal and social factors such as sex, college successfulness, numbers and history of ECT therapy and ECT complication. Discussion: The result of this study enhancing the result of other studies shows that the decrease in memory of patients treated with electro convulsive is a temporary complication. But, for reaching to better result of treatment with less complication, performing the primary clinical examinations and identifying of background diseases especially in the ground of previous cerebral disorders can decrease its complications.

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VAFAEE, B., & GHADIMI, B.. (2005). A STUDY ON ALTERATIONS OF MEMORY BEFORE AND AFTER PERFORMING ECT. STUDIES IN MEDICAL SCIENCE (THE JOURNAL OF URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCINCES), 15(4), 262-267. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/63563/en

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VAFAEE B., GHADIMI B.. A STUDY ON ALTERATIONS OF MEMORY BEFORE AND AFTER PERFORMING ECT. STUDIES IN MEDICAL SCIENCE (THE JOURNAL OF URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCINCES)[Internet]. 2005;15(4):262-267. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/63563/en

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B. VAFAEE, and B. GHADIMI, “A STUDY ON ALTERATIONS OF MEMORY BEFORE AND AFTER PERFORMING ECT,” STUDIES IN MEDICAL SCIENCE (THE JOURNAL OF URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCINCES), vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 262–267, 2005, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/63563/en

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