Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation versus electroconvulsive therapy for major depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 181-189

  Ren, Juanjuan ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Palaniyappan, Lena ^b,c   Liu, Hongmei ^a   Wang, Jijun ^a   Li, Chunbo ^a   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^d  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT); Major depression; Meta analysis; Randomized controlled trial (RCT); Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; APPLICATION SITE DISCOMFORT; APPLICATION SITE PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ERYTHEMA; FLUENCY DISORDER; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEMORY DISORDER; META ANALYSIS; NERVOUSNESS; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPEAT PROCEDURE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIC; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL MEMORY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84895734474     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2014.02.004     Document Type: Review

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