title: Reevaluation of ECT in Schizophrenia: Right Temporoparietal versus Bitemporal Electrode Placement.
abstract: Two groups of schizophrenic patients received either bitemporal or right temporoparietal electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), both without anesthesia. Each patient received six treatments, the first three at 2-day intervals and the next three at 4-day intervals. Psychiatric evaluations and cognitive tests done at baseline, and 7 and 20 days after therapy, found similar degrees of improvement and similar effects on memory in both groups, with improvement in 40% and impairment in 30% of the patients. Subjective forgetfulness is more often experienced by the patients who receive bilateral ECT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, W.H.O. Collaborating Centre for Psychopharmacology, K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay, India.
authors.forename: V. N.
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Bagadia
authors.forename: R.
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abhyankar
authors.forename: P. V.
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Pradhan
authors.forename: L. P.
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Shah