Should We Expand the Toolbox of Psychiatric Treatment Methods to Include Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)?

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Abstract

It is time to provide rTMS as a clinical treatment method for depression, for auditory verbal hallucinations, and possibly for negative symptoms. We do not recommend rTMS for the treatment of OCD.

Topics & Keywords

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Hallucinations in medical conditions

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volume 71, Issue 07, pp. 873-884

DOI: 10.4088/jcp.08m04872gre

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