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Unilateral Electroconvulsive Therapy: How to Determine Which Hemisphere is Dominant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Elizabeth A. Clyma
Elizabeth A. Clyma*
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Sheffield, Whiteley Wood Clinic, Woofindin Road, Sheffield, S10 3TL
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One of the problems with the administration of unilateral ECT is to select the correct side for giving the treatment. If it is given routinely to the right side of the head, a proportion of patients will receive ECT to the dominant hemisphere, which is more unpleasant for the patient and more disruptive of memory than even bilateral ECT (Halliday et al., 1968; Fleminger, Horne and Nott, 1970).

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 126 , Issue 4 , April 1975 , pp. 372 - 379
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1975 

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