Cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) in the treatment of anxiety and other stress-related disorders: A review of controlled clinical trials

Stress Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-42

  De Felice, Eugene A ^a,b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Brain; Controlled clinical trials; Electric stimulation therapy; Safety; Stress (psychological)

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCALP; SKIN ELECTRODE; SKIN IRRITATION; VERTIGO;

EID: 0031038449     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199701)13:1<31::AID-SMI715>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Review

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