Rapid improvement of auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia after add-on treatment with transcranial direct-current stimulation

Journal of ECT

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Shivakumar, Venkataram ^a   Bose, Anushree ^a   Rakesh, Gopalkumar ^a   Nawani, Hema ^a   Subramaniam, Aditi ^a   Agarwal, Sri Mahavir ^a   Kalmady, Sunil V ^a   Narayanaswamy, Janardhanan C ^a   Venkatasubramanian, Ganesan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Add on treatment; Auditory hallucinations; Schizophrenia; tDCS

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; CLONAZEPAM; PROLACTIN; RISPERIDONE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; NERVE STIMULATOR; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RELAPSE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883532199     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e318290fa4d     Document Type: Article

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