Open AccessEfficacy of cranial electrical stimulation and rational emotive behavior therapy in improving psychological illness among chronic stroke survivors: A pilot randomized controlled trial
Author(s) -
Meenu Bhardwaj,
Narkeesh Arumugam,
Shefali Gambhir
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/aian.aian_448_17
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , depression (economics) , population , pittsburgh sleep quality index , dass , physical therapy , beck depression inventory , randomized controlled trial , psychological intervention , stroke (engine) , beck anxiety inventory , psychiatry , sleep quality , cognition , mechanical engineering , environmental health , engineering , economics , macroeconomics
Stroke survivors suffer from significant neuropsychiatric disturbances and these disturbances act as barrier in the motor recovery. Medication is the common treatment but it has adverse effects. Hence, there is a need to find out effective treatments with or without minimal side effects for gross motor recovery of the patient.