A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF POSTSHOCK AMNESIA BY AMYTAL INTERVIEW
SAMUEL BOGOCH M. D.1
1 McLean Hospital Research Laboratories, Waverly, Mass.
1. A preliminary study of 21 patients suffering postshock amnesia is reported.
2. In 17 patients, much of the amnesia was relieved during interview with sodium amytal. The 4 patients showing no improvement in recall were still acutely psychotic at the time of interview.
3. A reappraisal of the postshock amnestic syndrome is suggested, and a simple technique is described for its study.
4. Possibilities for the therapeutic use of the improvement in recall are discussed.
