AN EVALUATION OF POSTELECTROSHOCK CONFUSION WITH THE REITER APPARATUS
JOHN SUMMERSKILL B. A.1,
WILLIAM SEEMAN PH. D.2, , and
DONALD W. MEALS M. A.
1 Clinical Psychologist, Student Medical Clinic, Cornell University.
2 University of Minnesota.
A single electroconvulsive treatment with the Reiter Electrostimulator was found to have no significant effect on the Wechsler- Bellevue IQs of patients examined following this treatment. Treatment did result in poor orientation with respect to time and impaired motor performance on the Whipple-Healy Tapping Test.
