A comparison of some retrograde and anterograde effects of electroconvulsive shock in patients with severe depression

Frith, C. D.; Stevens, Michelle; Johnstone, Eve C.; Deakin, J.F.W.; Crow, T J

doi:10.1111/j.2044-8295.1987.tb02225.x

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“…In line with previous research on anterograde memory and RA for public events, 1,20,27,28 there was no evidence that RA for autobiographical information was associated with clinical outcome. Some psychological theories of ECT mechanisms had argued that RA, especially for negative memories, was responsible for ECT’s therapeutic benefit.…”

Section: Studies Using the Cuamisupporting

confidence: 86%

Autobiographical Memory and Electroconvulsive Therapy

Sackeïm

2014

The Journal of ECT

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Retrograde amnesia for autobiographical information is the most critical side effect of ECT. Much, if not most, modern research demonstrating long-term autobiographical amnesia following ECT has used either the Columbia University Autobiographical Memory Interview (CUAMI) or the short form of this scale (CUAMI-SF). Semkovska and McLoughlin claimed that studies using these instruments should be dismissed and the findings ignored due to a lack of normative data, as well as concerns about the reliability and validity of these instruments. In this commentary, the development and use of these scales is reviewed. It is shown that Semkovska and McLoughlin’s critique is factually incorrect, as normative data were simultaneously collected in virtually all studies using these instruments. Furthermore, there is substantial evidence supporting the reliability and validity of these scales. Indeed, these instruments are the only neuropsychological tests repeatedly shown to covary with patient self-evaluations of ECT’s effects on memory, and have repeatedly demonstrated long-term differences in the magnitude of amnesia as a function of ECT technique. Findings with the CUAMI and CUAMI-SF provide key evidence regarding ECT’s cognitive side effect profile. It is inaccurate and inadvisable to continue to deny that ECT can exert long-term adverse effects in this domain.

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Section: Studies Using the Cuamisupporting

confidence: 86%

Autobiographical Memory and Electroconvulsive Therapy

Sackeïm

2014

The Journal of ECT

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“…(REPRINTED) ARCH GEN PSYCHIATRY/ VOL 57, JUNE 2000 samples, 7,25 and comparisons in patients with brain damage or given ECT have been methodologically compromised. Autobiographical and impersonal memory has not been assessed in any population using tests for each domain that have equivalent structure, mnemonic demands, and psychometric properties.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy on Memory of Autobiographical and Public Events

Lisanby

Maddox²,

Prudic³

et al. 2000

Archives of General Psychiatry

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“…Similarly, several recent studies have shown that when compared with pre-ECT scores, patients' subjective evaluations of memory function improve shortly after ECT and that the magnitude of this change covaries with the extent of symptomatic improvement (Coleman et al, in press;Pettinati & Rosenberg, 1984;Weiner et al, 1986). On the other hand, significant associations between objective anterograde or retrograde amnesic deficits and clinical change have not been observed (Frith et al, 1983(Frith et al, , 1987Sackeim et al, 1993;Weeks, Freeman, & Kendell, 1980;Weiner et al, 1986). However, there have been few attempts to examine such relationships specifically with measures of retrograde amnesia for autobiographical information.…”

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Autobiographical memory and mood: Effects of electroconvulsive therapy.

McElhiney

Moody²,

Steif³

et al. 1995

Neuropsychology

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An Autobiographical Memory Interview (AMI) was administered to 75 depressed inpatients and 16 nondepressed controls. Patients were randomized to 1 of 4 forms of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) that varied in electrode placement and stimulus intensity. Short-term retrograde amnesia was assessed during the week following the randomized phase. Bilateral ECT produced more marked deficits than right unilateral ECT. At a 2-month follow-up, persistent amnesic deficits were related to having received a second ECT course and, to a lesser extent, bilateral ECT during the randomized phase. The magnitude of clinical improvement was not associated with amnesia scores at either time point. There were no differential amnesic effects as a function of the affective valence of memories. It appears that retrograde amnesia for autobiographical information after ECT and mood congruence effects on recall are independent phenomena. The magnitude and persistence of retrograde amnesia is related to how ECT is performed and not to changes in clinical state or the affective valence of memories.Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has well-documented neuropsychological effects. Shortly after an ECT course, patients typically manifest retention deficits for newly learned information (anterograde amnesia) against a background of improved performance on tests of attention, immediate learning, and

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A comparison of some retrograde and anterograde effects of electroconvulsive shock in patients with severe depression

Cited by 7 publications

References 8 publications

Autobiographical Memory and Electroconvulsive Therapy

Autobiographical Memory and Electroconvulsive Therapy

The Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy on Memory of Autobiographical and Public Events

Autobiographical memory and mood: Effects of electroconvulsive therapy.

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