A double-blind sham-controlled trial of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of refractory auditory hallucinations

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 358-362

  Fitzgerald, Paul B ^a,c   Benitez, Jessica ^a   Daskalakis, Jeff Z ^b   Brown, Timothy L ^a   Marston, Natasha A U ^a   De Castella, Anthony ^a   Kulkarni, Jayashri ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 23044439239     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jcp.0000168487.22140.7f     Document Type: Article

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