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ArticleJournal of mood and anxiety disorders2025

Augmenting single-session behavioral activation for depression with delta-beta tACS: Preliminary investigation of a double-blind placebo-controlled randomized pilot clinical trial.

Corinne N Carlton, Erin Bondy, Justin Riddle, David Mahan, Stacey Daughters, Crystal Schiller, Flavio Frohlich

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Article in Journal of mood and anxiety disorders, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Corinne N CarltonDepartment of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Erin BondyDepartment of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Justin RiddleDepartment of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA.
David MahanCarolina Center for Neurostimulation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Stacey DaughtersDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Crystal SchillerDepartment of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Flavio FrohlichDepartment of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.

Funding

The Roles of Social Reward Responsiveness and Interpersonal Stress in Mental Health Disparities in High-Risk YouthF32MH137993 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI CARLTON-SMITH, CORINNE · 2024 to 2025
$154k
NIMH NIH HHS F32 MH137993
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Single-session behavioral activation (BA) and transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) are promising interventions for major depressive disorder (MDD). However, the synergy of combined single-session BA and tACS has not yet been evaluated. This pilot study assessed whether tACS augments the efficacy of single-session BA in individuals with MDD. N = 30 (

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Behavioral activationDepressionNeurostimulationSingle-sessionTACS

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PMID40657349
PMCPMC12244068

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