Open AccessEfficacy of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in the Treatment: Resistant Patients who Suffer from Severe Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
Author(s) -
Kiomars Najafi,
Youssef Fakour,
Homa Zarrabi,
Abtin Heidarzadeh,
Mohammadrasoul Khalkhali,
Taiebeh Yeganeh,
H Farahi,
Marziyeh Rostamkhani,
Tahereh Fathi Najafi,
Soheil Shabafroz,
Mahdiyeh Pakdaman
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/ijpsym.ijpsym_388_16
Subject(s) - transcranial direct current stimulation , obsessive compulsive , psychology , analysis of variance , brain stimulation , clinical trial , randomized controlled trial , repeated measures design , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , stimulation , neuroscience , statistics , mathematics
During the past years, significant efforts have been made to explain the biological backgrounds of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Cortical-subcortical and neurotransmitter models are used for explaining the symptoms of OCD, so our hypothesis is that brain's transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) can regulate the brain activities of the OCD patients. Thus, based on the mentioned issues, this research seeks to investigate the efficacy of TDCS in treatment-resistant patients who suffer from severe OCD.