Worsening of "passivity" symptoms with low-frequency bilateral temporo-parietal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation used to treat refractory auditory hallucinations: A case report

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 116, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 291-292

  Subramanian, Priya ^a   Burhan, Amer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; FLUPENTIXOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; DELUSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LETTER; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CARE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BIOPHYSICS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74849083349     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.10.027     Document Type: Letter

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