Beneficial effects of caloric vestibular stimulation on denial of illness and manic delusions in schizoaffective disorder: A case report

Introduction: Preliminary data suggests that caloric vestibular nerve stimulation (CVS) single session application of cold water to the left ear induces a clinically significant, short-lived beneficial effect on specific types of illness denial (i.e., anosognosia) and delusions (i.e., somatic type)....

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Main Authors: Joseph Levine, Doron Toder, Vadim Geller, Mordechai Kraus, Tamara Gauchman, Moshe Puterman, Nimrod Grisaru
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-07-01
Series:Brain Stimulation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1935861X11000283