Efficacy of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in the Treatment: Resistant Patients who Suffer from Severe Obsessive-compulsive Disorder.
Autor: | Najafi K; Department of Psychiatry, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran., Fakour Y; Department of Psychiatry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Razi Hospital, Tehran, Iran., Zarrabi H; Department of Psychiatry, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran., Heidarzadeh A; Department of Community Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran., Khalkhali M; Department of Psychiatry, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran., Yeganeh T; Department of Clinical Psychology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran., Farahi H; Department of Psychiatry, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran., Rostamkhani M; Department of Psychiatry, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran., Najafi T; Department of Computer Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran., Shabafroz S; Department of Electronic, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran., Pakdaman M; Department of Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran. |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | Indian journal of psychological medicine [Indian J Psychol Med] 2017 Sep-Oct; Vol. 39 (5), pp. 573-578. |
DOI: | 10.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_388_16 |
Abstrakt: | Background: During the past years, significant efforts have been made to explain the biological backgrounds of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Cortical-subcortical and neurotransmitter models are used for explaining the symptoms of OCD, so our hypothesis is that brain's transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) can regulate the brain activities of the OCD patients. Thus, based on the mentioned issues, this research seeks to investigate the efficacy of TDCS in treatment-resistant patients who suffer from severe OCD. Materials and Methods: The present study is a clinical trial research which was based on the available sampling method, 42 treatment-resistant patients who suffer from severe OCD were selected as research's samples (2015-2016). Medical intervention protocol in this study is TDCS cathode type that was done in 15 sessions for 3 consecutive weeks (each session was conducted for 30 min daily). Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale was used for evaluating the efficacy of TDCS method during the 1 st , 5 th , 10 th , and 15 th sessions and it was also used for checking the 1 st and 3 rd monthly follow-up phases. Results: Variance within-group analysis (repeated measure) showed that the mean differences in the different stages of evaluation are significant (seven stages of evaluation). Conclusion: TDCS can be introduced as an appropriate, strong tool for regulating the brain - behavioral systems and it can also be introduced as a suitable alternative treatment for treatment-resistant patients who suffer from severe OCD. Competing Interests: There are no conflicts of interest. |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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