| Literature DB >> 22827578 |
Francesco Saverio Bersani1, Nicoletta Girardi, Livia Sanna, Lorenzo Mazzarini, Chiara Santucci, Giorgio D Kotzalidis, Gabriele Sani, Pietro De Rossi, Ruggero N Raccah, Saverio Simone Caltagirone, Mariella Battipaglia, Silvia Capezzuto, Giuseppe Bersani, Paolo Girardi.
Abstract
Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (dTMS) is currently being evaluated as a possible treatment for several neuropsychiatric disorders and has been demonstrated as a safe and effective procedure. This case presents a patient with bipolar depression that has been treated with 20 daily consecutive dTMS sessions and with one dTMS session every 2 weeks for the following 3 months. Depressive symptoms improved rapidly and response was maintained during the next 6 months; cognitive performances also improved. This report suggests that add-on dTMS may help overcoming drug-resistance in bipolar depression and protect from subsequent bipolar episodes of any polarity.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22827578 DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2012.690429
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurocase ISSN: 1355-4794 Impact factor: 0.881