Open AccessTranscranial direct current stimulation for refractory auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia: Acute and 16-week outcomes
Author(s) -
Prawin Kumar,
Arun Gopala Krishnan,
Rohith Suresh,
Chittaranjan Andrade
Publication year - 2020
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_19
Subject(s) - transcranial direct current stimulation , positive and negative syndrome scale , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , refractory (planetary science) , audiology , auditory hallucination , psychology , rating scale , antipsychotic , psychosis , medicine , stimulation , psychiatry , neuroscience , developmental psychology , physics , astrobiology
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has demonstrated efficacy against antipsychotic-refractory auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) in schizophrenia. The duration of persistence of benefit is not well characterized.