Open AccessEffectiveness of adjunctive repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in management of treatment-resistant depression: A retrospective analysis
Author(s) -
Rohit Verma,
Naina Kumar,
Saurabh Kumar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_182_16
Subject(s) - transcranial magnetic stimulation , treatment resistant depression , rating scale , depression (economics) , electroconvulsive therapy , psychology , deep transcranial magnetic stimulation , major depressive disorder , randomized controlled trial , dorsolateral prefrontal cortex , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychiatry , prefrontal cortex , physical therapy , stimulation , neuroscience , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , cognition , developmental psychology , economics , macroeconomics
There is limited number of studies from India investigating role of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in treatment-resistant depression (TRD). This clinic-based study reports on the efficacy of rTMS as an add-on treatment in patients suffering from TRD.