Schizophrenia TreAtment with electRic Transcranial Stimulation (STARTS): design, rationale and objectives of a randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled trial

Abstract Introduction Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder. While some antipsychotic medications have demonstrated efficacy in treating positive symptoms, there is no widely recognized treatment for negative symptoms, which can cause significant distress and impairment for patients with schiz...

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Main Authors: Leandro Valiengo, Pedro Caldana Gordon, Juliana Barbosa de Carvalho, Rosa Maria Rios, Stephanie Koebe, Mauricio Henrique Serpa, Martinus van de Bilt, Acioly Lacerda, Helio Elkis, Wagner Farid Gattaz, André Russowsky Brunoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul
Series:Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-60892019000200104&lng=en&tlng=en