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Overgeneral memory predicts stability of short-term outcome of electroconvulsive therapy for depression
Filip Raes1, Pascal Sienaert, Koen Demyttenaere
1Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. filip.raes@psy.kuleuven.be
Purpose:
To investigate the predictive value of overgeneral memory (OGM) for outcome of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for depression.
Methods:
The Autobiographical Memory Test was used to measure OGM in 25 patients with depression before ECT. The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD) was administered weekly to 1 week posttreatment.
Results:
Overgeneral memory did not predict HRSD scores from the last ECT treatment, but did predict HRSD change scores from the last treatment to 1-week follow-up: patients high in OGM experienced a relatively greater increase in HRSD scores after the last treatment.
Conclusions:
Results further extend the status of OGM as a predictor of an unfavorable course of depression to a previously unstudied ECT population.
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