Repetitive TMS combined with exposure therapy for PTSD: A preliminary study

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-59

  Osuch, Elizabeth A ^a   Benson, Brenda E ^a   Luckenbaugh, David A ^a   Geraci, Marilla ^b   Post, Robert M ^a   McCann, Una ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Psychological desensitization; Psychological therapies; Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; PROLACTIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; CATECHOLAMINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THYROID HORMONES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349197118     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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