Open AccessThe safety and efficacy of adjunctive 20-Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment of negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia: A double-blinded, randomized, sham-controlled study
Author(s) -
Swarndeep Singh,
Naina Kumar,
Rohit Verma,
Ashima Nehra
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_361_19
Subject(s) - transcranial magnetic stimulation , positive and negative syndrome scale , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , scale for the assessment of negative symptoms , randomized controlled trial , adjunctive treatment , psychology , stimulation , dorsolateral prefrontal cortex , medicine , brain stimulation , deep transcranial magnetic stimulation , anesthesia , prefrontal cortex , psychiatry , psychosis , brief psychiatric rating scale , cognition
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a promising treatment strategy for negative symptoms. However, the evidence for its efficacy is mixed, with contradictory results between studies due to lack of consensus about the optimal stimulation parameters.