Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation add-on for the treatment of auditory hallucinations: A double-blind study

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rosenberg, Oded ^a   Gersner, Roman ^b   Klein, Limor D ^a   Kotler, Moshe ^a   Zangen, Abraham ^c   Dannon, Pinhas ^a  

^a BEER YAAKOV MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS RATING SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PARIETAL CORTEX; PILOT STUDY; PLACEBO EFFECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCALE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF POSITIVE SYMPTOMS-NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHAM PROCEDURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84860535870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-11-13     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Poulet E, Brunelin J, Bediou B, Bation R, Forgeard L, Dalery J, d'Amato T, Saoud M. Slow transcranial magnetic stimulation can rapidly reduce resistant auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry 2005, 57:188-191.
2. Hoffman RE, Hawkins KA, Gueorguieva R, Boutros NN, Rachid F, Carroll K, Krystal JH. Transcranial magnetic stimulation of left temporoparietal cortex and medication-resistant auditory hallucinations. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2003, 60:49-56.
3. Shergill SS, Murray RM, McGuire PK. Auditory hallucinations: a review of psychological treatments. Schizophr Res 1998, 32:137-150.
4. Poulet E, Brunelin J, Kallel L, Bediou B, Dalery J, D'amato T, Saoud M. Is rTMS efficient as a maintenance treatment for auditory verbal hallucinations? A case report. Schizophr Res 2006, 84:183-184.
5. Hoffman RE, Boutros NN, Berman RM, Roessler E, Belger A, Krystal JH, Charney DS. Transcranial magnetic stimulation of left temporoparietal cortex in three patients reporting hallucinated "voices". Biol Psychiatry 1999, 46:130-132.
6. Fitzgerald PB, Daskalakis ZJ. A review of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation use in the treatment of schizophrenia. Can J Psychiatry 2008, 53:567-576.
7. Thirthalli J, Bharadwaj B, Kulkarni S, Gangadhar BN, Kharawala S, Andrade C. Successful use of maintenance rTMS for 8 months in a patient with antipsychotic-refractory auditory hallucinations. Schizophr Res 2008, 100:351-352.
8. Rosenberg O, Shoenfeld N, Zangen A, Kotler M, Dannon PN. Deep TMS in a resistant major depressive disorder: a brief report. Depress Anxiety 2010, 27:465-469.
9. Rosenberg O, Zangen A, Stryjer R, Kotler M, Dannon PN. Response to deep TMS in depressive patients with previous electroconvulsive treatment. Brain Stimul 2010, 3:211-217.
10. Levkovitz Y, Harel EV, Roth Y, Braw Y, Most D, Katz LN, Sheer A, Gersner R, Zangen A. Deep TMS overprefrontal cortex: Evaluation of antidepressant and cognitive effects indepressive patients. Brain Stimul 2009, 2:188-200.
11. Rosenberg O, Isserles M, Levkovitz Y, Kotler M, Zangen A, Dannon PN. Effectiveness of a second deep TMS in depression: a brief report. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2011, 35:1041-1044.
12. Isserles M, Rosenberg O, Dannon P, Levkovitz Y, Kotler M, Deutsch F, Lerer B, Zangen A. Cognitive-Emotional reactivation during deep transcranial magnetic stimulation over the prefrontal cortex of depressive patients affects antidepressant outcome. J Affect Disord 2011, 128:235-242.
13. Levkovitz Y, Rabany L, Harel EV, Zangen A. Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation add-on for treatment of negative symptoms and cognitive deficits of schizophrenia: a feasibility study. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2011, 14:991-996.
14. Zangen A, Roth Y, Voller B, Hallett M. Transcranial magnetic stimulation of deep brain regions: evidence for efficacy of the H-coil. Clin Neurophysiol 2005, 116:775-779.
15. Roth Y, Zangen A, Hallett M. A coil design for transcranial magnetic stimulation of deep brain regions. J Clin Neurophysiol 2002, 19:361-370.
16. Rosenberg O, Roth Y, Kotler M, Zangen A, Dannon P. Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of auditory hallucinations: a preliminary open-label study. Ann Gen Psychiatry 2011, 10:3.
17. Levkovitz Y, Roth Y, Harel EV, Braw Y, Sheer A, Zangen A. A randomized controlled feasibility and safety study of deep transcranial magnetic stimulation. Clin Neurophysiol 2007, 118:2730-2744.
18. Roth Y, Amir A, Levkovitz Y, Zangen A. Three-dimensional distribution of the electric field induced in the brain by transcranial magnetic stimulation using figure-8 and deep H-coils. J Clin Neurophysiol 2007, 24:31-38.
19. Loo CK, Sainsbury K, Mitchell P, Hadzi-Pavlovic D, Sachdev PS. A sham-controlled trial of left and right temporal rTMS for the treatment of auditory hallucinations. Psychol Med 2009, 6:1-6.
20. Slotema CW, Blom JD, de Weijer AD, Diederen KM, Goekoop R, Looijestijn J, et al. Can low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation really relieve medication-resistant auditory verbal hallucinations? Negative results from a large randomized controlled trial. Biol Psychiatry 2011, 69:450-456.
21. Tranulis C, Sepehry AA, Galinowski A, Stip E. Should we treat auditory hallucinations with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation? A metaanalysis. Can J Psychiatry 2008, 53:577-586.
22. Roth Y, Amir A, Levkovitz Y, Zangen A. Three-dimensional distribution of the electric field induced in the brain by transcranial magnetic stimulation using figure-8 and deep H-coils. J Clin Neurophysiol 2007, 24:31-38.
23. Lennox BR, Park SB, Medley I, Morris PG, Jones PB. The functional anatomy of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res 2000, 100:13-20.