Treatments in context: Transcranial direct current brain stimulation as a potential treatment in pediatric psychosis

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 447-458

  David, Christopher N ^a   Rapoport, Judith L ^a   Gogtay, Nitin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood onset schizophrenia; pediatric psychosis treatment; transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CLOZAPINE; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; SULPIRIDE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AKATHISIA; CHILDHOOD ONSET SCHIZOPHRENIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENURESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA, CHILDHOOD;

EID: 84875874370     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.13.29     Document Type: Review

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