Exploratory study of once-daily transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as a treatment for auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia

European Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue , 2016, Pages 54-60

  Frohlich F ^a,b   Burrello, T N ^a   Mellin, J M ^a   Cordle, A L ^a   Lustenberger, C M ^a   Gilmore, J H ^a   Jarskog, L F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AHRS; Auditory hallucinations; Brain stimulation; PANSS; Placebo response; TDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION RATING SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; AUDITORY CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; HALLUCINATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84961157444     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2015.11.005     Document Type: Article

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