Efficacy and safety of a form of cranial electrical stimulation (CES) as an add-on intervention for treatment-resistant major depressive disorder: A three week double blind pilot study

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-105

  Mischoulon, David ^a   De Jong, Marasha F ^a   Vitolo, Ottavio V ^a   Cusin, Cristina ^a   Dording, Christina M ^a   Yeung, Albert S ^a   Durham, Kelley ^a   Parkin, Susannah R ^a   Fava, Maurizio ^a   Dougherty, Darin D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CES; Cranial electrical stimulation; Major depression; Treatment resistant depression

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; CITALOPRAM; DULOXETINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; FOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYLFOLATE; MIRTAZAPINE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PAROXETINE; SELEGILINE; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ABNORMAL SENSATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL ELECTROTHERAPY STIMULATOR; DEVICE SAFETY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENERGY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT RELATED INVENTORY OF SIDE EFFECTS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REMISSION; SHAM PROCEDURE; SKIN TINGLING; TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESISTANT DEPRESSION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, TREATMENT-RESISTANT; ELECTROTHERAPY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, TREATMENT-RESISTANT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84943396489     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.08.016     Document Type: Article

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