Treatment of auditory verbal hallucinations with transcranial magnetic stimulation in a patient with psychotic major depression: One-year follow-up

Neurocase

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-65

  Freitas, Catarina ^a   Pearlman, Chester ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

Auditory verbal hallucinations; One year follow up; Psychotic depressive disorder; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOSIS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855438984     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2010.547864     Document Type: Article

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