Once- to twice-daily, 3-year domiciliary maintenance transcranial direct current stimulation for severe, disabling, clozapine-refractory continuous auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia

Journal of ECT

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 239-242

  Andrade, Chittaranjan ^a  

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

Author keywords

Clozapine refractoriness; Refractory auditory hallucinations; rTMS; Schizophrenia; tDCS; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; CONVERSATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYE CONTACT; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MASTOID; MOOD; NERVE STIMULATOR; RELAPSE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION DEVICE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CLOZAPINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883557390     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3182843866     Document Type: Article

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