Immediate side effects: • Loss of memory about the events immediately before and after ECT • Heart rhythm disturbances • Low blood pressure • Headaches and nausea • Sore muscles, aching jaw • Confusion. Risks and side effects of ECT 6 Generally, these resolve within a few hours, although some memory loss may persist. These findings are important, given the limited literature on the long-term effects of ECT on cognition and the dearth of literature examining the effect of ECT in people with BD. ECT patients had a lower tendency to guess on the process dissociation task, although their habit or implicit memory was not lower than the non-ECT patients or healthy comparison subjects. (ECT) Outpatient Guide What is ECT? ECT is a treatment that uses a small electrical current to stimulate the brain and cause a mild seizure (twitching of your toes and jaw muscle). This treatment is very safe. Doctors and nurses will watch you closely during the treatment. Why do I need ECT? ECT is most often used to treat serious depression. Managing ECT related cognitive side effects: An individual approach However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the 'Save PDF' action button. Electroconvulsive brain stimulation may represent the strongest manipulation available to study brain plasticity in humans. Cognitive effects of ECT: Kopelman AMI - recent • N=48 depressed pts (mean age, 61.6; female, 62.5%) having bitemporal ECT • "Recent Life" section of the Kopelman Autobiographical Memory Interview (AMI) • 77% response rate • no significant changes over time on either AMI total score or semantic and Memory loss is the side effect most strongly associated with ECT. Memory loss does not happen to everyone who has ECT and most people report it is not a problem. However, memory loss may happen. The memories most affected by ECT are retrograde memories, you may not remember some events in the period leading up to your depression. Side effects. The main side effects associated with ECT are described below: Muscle soreness. A patient's muscles may feel sore after they have undergone ECT, although this is usually caused by Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) uses a small electric current to produce a generalized cerebral seizure under general anesthesia. ECT is used mainly to treat severe depression, but is also indicated for patients with other conditions, including bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, catatonia, and neuroleptic malignant syndrome. depression is fully informed of the risks associated with ECT, and with the risks and benefits specific to them. Document the assessment and consider: the risks associated with a general anaesthetic current medical comorbidities potential adverse events, notably cognitive impairment the risks associated with not receiving ECT. followed by additional treatments and in some cases "maintenance ECT" on a less frequent basis, such as once a month or once a year. Side effects of ECT may include: • Physical effects, such as headaches, muscle pain, nausea • Confusion following treatment, which may last a few minutes or hours • Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which is among the oldest and most controversial treatments in the field of psychiatry, has its 80 th birthday this year. In this brief historical overview, the discovery of the therapeutic effects of convulsive therapy by Laszló Meduna, and the circumstances that motivated Ugo Cerletti and Lucio Bini to use electricity as a means of seizure induction are Relative contraindi