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Title: The cognitive side effects of modern ECT: patient experience or objective measurement?
Author/Creator: Vamos, Marina
Institution: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Health, School of Medicine and Public Health
Description: This article explores the subjective experience of cognitive deficits of patients who are treated with electroconvulsive therapy, by using actual comments made in clinical situations. The material is divided into 4 themes: the need for clear information, the importance of validation of experience, the impact of daily disruptions, and the issue of self-esteem. It is argued that despite the low correlation which exists between objectively measured cognitive function and the subjectively experienced impairment, the discrepancy creates a need to take both perspectives into consideration rather than to rely on one or the other. The validity and limitations of using personal narrative as a relevant clinical parameter are discussed.
Relation: Journal of ECT Vol. 24, Issue 1, p. 18-24
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/YCT.0b013e31815d9611
Date: 2008
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Keyword(s): electroconvulsive therapy; patient experience; memory; cognition; personal narrative; stigma
Resource Type: journal article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/43191
Identifier: ISSN:1095-0680

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