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ArticleIndian journal of psychological medicine

Efficacy of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in the Treatment: Resistant Patients who Suffer from Severe Obsessive-compulsive Disorder.

Kiomars Najafi, Youssef Fakour, Homa Zarrabi, Abtin Heidarzadeh, Mohammadrasoul Khalkhali, Taiebeh Yeganeh, Hasan Farahi, Marziyeh Rostamkhani, Tahereh Najafi, Soheil Shabafroz and 1 more

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Article in Indian journal of psychological medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Kiomars NajafiDepartment of Psychiatry, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Youssef FakourDepartment of Psychiatry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Razi Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Homa ZarrabiDepartment of Psychiatry, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Abtin HeidarzadehDepartment of Community Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Mohammadrasoul KhalkhaliDepartment of Psychiatry, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Taiebeh YeganehDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
Hasan FarahiDepartment of Psychiatry, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Marziyeh RostamkhaniDepartment of Psychiatry, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Tahereh NajafiDepartment of Computer Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran.
Soheil ShabafrozDepartment of Electronic, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran.
Mahdiyeh PakdamanDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran.
Guilan University of Medical Sciences · IRIslamic Azad University Rasht Branch · IRIslamic Azad University, Tehran · IRIslamic Azad University Tonekabon · IRKharazmi University · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDuring 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

methodsThe 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

resultsVariance within-group analysis (repeated measure) showed that the mean differences in the different stages of evaluation are significant (seven stages of evaluation).

conclusionTDCS 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.

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Brain - behavioral systemsobsessive-compulsive disordertranscranial direct current stimulation

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PMID29200551
PMCPMC5688882
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