New techniques of electrical and magnetic stimulation in treatment of depression – comparison with electroconvulsive treatment and pharmacotherapy
Journal Title: Psychiatria Polska - Year 2010, Vol 44, Issue 6
Abstract
Summary Search for new therapeutic methods applied in psychiatric disorders, especially in depression – concern not only pharmacotherapy, but also physical techniques. Electroconvulsive treatment is a recognised and effective method for receiving of antidepressant effects by means of electric head stimulation with eliciting of seizures. During two past decades, a few new techniques using the electrical or magnetic stimulation were tested with respect to their therapeutic antidepressant activity. The trancranial magnetic stimulation TMS, vagus nerve stimulation VNS, magnetic seizure therapy / magnetoconvulsive therapy MST/MCT, deep brain stimulation DBS, and trancranial direct current stimulation tDCS are involved among these techniques. The paper discusses those above mentioned techniques and it makes a critical comparison – in relation to several criteria – with the electroconvulsive treatment and pharmacotherapy.
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Tomasz Zyss
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