Can low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation really relieve medication-resistant auditory verbal hallucinations? Negative results from a large randomized controlled trial

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 450-456

  Slotema, Christina W ^a   Blom, Jan Dirk ^a   De Weijer, Antoin D ^b   Diederen, Kelly M ^b   Goekoop, Rutger ^a   Looijestijn, Jasper ^a   Daalman, Kirstin ^b   Rijkaart, Anne Marije ^b   Kahn, René S ^b   Hoek, Hans W ^a,c,d   Sommer, Iris E C ^b  

^a PARNASSIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory verbal hallucinations; functional magnetic resonance imaging; psychosis; randomized controlled trial; repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION RATING SCALE; AUDITORY VERBAL HALLUCINATION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TWITCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOM RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL GYRUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BRAIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951683542     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.09.051     Document Type: Article

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