Double-blind controlled investigation of bilateral prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of resistant major depression

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-40

  Loo, Colleen K ^a   Mitchell, P B ^a   Croker, V M ^a   Malhi, G S ^a   Wen, W ^a   Gandevia, S C ^a   Sachdev, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; NEFAZODONE; PHENELZINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PAIN; PILOT STUDY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037240722     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291702006839     Document Type: Article

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