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Complaints of Loss of Personal Memories After Electroconvulsive Therapy: Evidence of a Somatoform Disorder?

Received December 16, 2006; accepted February 9, 2007. From the Depts. of Psychiatry and Neurology, Stony Brook University, Long Island, NY. Send correspondence and reprint requests to Max Fink, M.D., P.O. Box 457, St. James, NY 11780-0457. e-mail: mafink{at}attglobal.net
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This selective review considers the rare complaints of the loss of personal memories after successful courses of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which are best characterized as somatoform disorders, rather than as evidence of brain damage, thus warranting psychological treatment for such disorders.

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