Open AccessSafety and efficacy of adjunctive transcranial direct current stimulation in treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: An open-label trial
Author(s) -
Siva Kumar,
Naina Kumar,
Rohit Verma
Publication year - 2019
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_509_18
Subject(s) - transcranial direct current stimulation , sma* , supplementary motor area , psychology , checklist , brain stimulation , randomized controlled trial , physical medicine and rehabilitation , clinical global impression , clinical trial , medicine , clinical psychology , physical therapy , psychiatry , stimulation , neuroscience , functional magnetic resonance imaging , alternative medicine , mathematics , combinatorics , cognitive psychology , placebo , pathology
The current pharmacological and psychotherapeutic approaches have limited benefit in symptom management of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) urging clinicians and researchers to seek newer avenues of management. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has shown promise in this aspect from a neuromodulatory perspective. The current study aims to study the response to tDCS as an adjunctive treatment in patients with treatment-resistant OCD.