Is it time to introduce repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation into standard clinical practice for the treatment of depressive disorders?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-11

  Fitzgerald, Paul B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Treatment resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SEIZURE; STANDARD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SKULL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0037302453     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2003.01115.x     Document Type: Article

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