Utility of repetitive transcranial stimulation as an augmenting treatment method in treatment-resistant depression
About 30 to 46% of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) fail to fully respond to initial antidepressants. Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) is a severely disabling disorder with no proven treatment options; novel treatment methods like rTMS can be used as augmentation to ongoing pharmaco...
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Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2011-01-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2011;volume=33;issue=1;spage=92;epage=96;aulast=Jhanwar |