Review of the efficacy of transcranial magnetic stimulation for auditory verbal hallucinations

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 101-110

  Slotema, Christina W ^a   Blom, Jan D ^a   Van Lutterveld, Remko ^b   Hoek, Hans W ^a,c,d   Sommer, Iris E C ^b  

^a PARNASSIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory hallucinations; deep brain stimulation; meta analysis; psychosis; review; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; AUDITORY VERBAL HALLUCINATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EFFECT SIZE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; HALLUCINATIONS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903269323     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.09.038     Document Type: Review

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