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Women and depression: making meaning and decisions about electroconvulsive therapy
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Women and depression: making meaning and decisions about electroconvulsive therapy

Karen-Ann Clarke
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal, Vol.22(9), p.49
2015
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Abstract

Nursing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) depression cognitive impairment memory loss
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for some types of depression, yet it remains a procedure that is associated with significant adverse effects such as cognitive impairment and memory loss (Kellner 2012).

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