Transcranial direct current stimulation as a treatment forauditory hallucinations

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Koops, Sanne ^a   Brink, Hilde van den ^a   Sommer, Iris E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Auditory hallucinations; Focal stimulation; Psychosis; TDCS; Voices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926455711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00244     Document Type: Short Survey

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