Adjunctive fast repetitive transcranial magnetic... : British Journal of Psychiatry (original) (raw)

Adjunctive fast repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in depression

• IAN M. ANDERSON
• NICOLA A. DELVAI
• BETTADAPURA ASHIM
• SINDHU ASHIM
• CHERRY LEWIN
• VINEET SINGH
• DANIEL STURMAN
• PAUL L. STRICKLAND

British Journal of Psychiatry

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June 2007

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The place of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in the treatment of depression remains unclear. In this sham-controlled study we determined the efficacy and acceptability offast, left frontal rTMS given three times a week over 4–6 weeks to 29 patients with depression (79% treatment-resistant). The procedure was generally well tolerated and more effective than sham treatment (55 v. 77% responding, P<0.05), with improvement maintained to 12 weeks. This therapy could be a useful addition to available treatments but further research is needed to determine the optimum treatment parameters.