Brain stimulation technique fails to show noninferiority to antidepressant treatment

The noninvasive brain stimulation technique known as transcranial direct‐current stimulation (tDCS) did not demonstrate noninferiority to escitalopram in a 10‐week trial of patients with depression. The study's electrical stimulation group also experienced more adverse events, including onset of mania in two participants. Study results were published June 29 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Source: The Brown University Psychopharmacology Update - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Depression Treatment Source Type: research