Absence of additional cognitive impairment in schizophrenia patients during maintenance electroconvulsive therapy.
This study examines the cognitive impairment profile of schizophrenia patients during maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (M-ECT). Ten schizophrenia patients treated with M-ECT and ten control patients matched for diagnosis, sex, and age who had never been treated with ECT were assessed with a comprehensive neuropsychological battery. M-ECT patients did not show a higher level of memory, attention, or frontal function impairment than the control group. The absence of additional memory dysfunction may favor the functional adaptation of these patients during M-ECT.
Rami
Lorena
L
Clinic Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Clinic Hospital of Barcelona, and Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Spain.
Bernardo
Miquel
M
Valdes
Manuel
M
Boget
Teresa
T
Portella
Maria J
MJ
Ferrer
Jose
J
Salamero
Manel
M
D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*