Augmentative repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in the acute treatment of poor responder depressed patients: A comparison study between high and low frequency stimulation

European Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 271-276

  Dell'Osso, B ^a,b   Oldani, L ^a   Camuri, G ^a   Dobrea, C ^a   Cremaschi, L ^a   Benatti, B ^a   Arici, C ^a   Grancini, B ^a   Carlo Altamura, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentation; Bipolar disorder; Major depressive disorder; Poor drug response; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS); Treatment resistance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HIGH FREQUENCY REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LOW FREQUENCY REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921275473     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2014.12.001     Document Type: Article

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