Safety, tolerability, and effectiveness of high doses of adjunctive daily left prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant depression in a clinical setting

Journal of ECT

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-25

  Hadley, Dakota ^a   Anderson, Berry S ^a   Borckardt, Jeffrey J ^a   Arana, Ashley ^a   Li, Xingbao ^a   Nahas, Ziad ^a   George, Mark S ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bipolar; concomitant medication; depression; effectiveness; high dose TMS; panic disorder; rTMS; safety; suicidal ideation; suicidality; TMS; transcranial magnetic stimulation; unipolar; VNS; VNS implant

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952132254     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3181ce1a8c     Document Type: Article

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