A randomized trial comparing repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation given 3 days/week and 5 days/week for the treatment of major depression: Is efficacy related to the duration of treatment or the number of treatments?

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 981-988

  Galletly, C ^a,b,c   Gill, S ^a   Clarke, P ^a   Burton, C ^a   Fitzgerald, P B ^d  

^a Adelaide Clinic   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Northern Mental Health   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; high frequency stimulation; neurostimulation; treatment service

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859250113     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711001760     Document Type: Article

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