Theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of auditory verbal hallucinations: Results of a randomized controlled study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 114-117

  Kindler, Jochen ^a   Homan, Philipp ^a   Flury, Richard ^a   Strik, Werner ^a   Dierks, Thomas ^a   Hubl, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Auditory hallucination; Theta burst; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THERAPY EFFECT; THETA BURST TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; THETA BURST; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881546472     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.03.029     Document Type: Article

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