Noninvasive brain stimulation in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Noninvasive brain stimulation in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Indian J Psychiatry. 2019 Jan;61(Suppl 1):S66-S76 Authors: Shivakumar V, Dinakaran D, Narayanaswamy JC, Venkatasubramanian G Abstract Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a complex neuropsychiatric disorder with a chronic course, contributing to significant socio-occupational dysfunction. Forty percent of patients remain treatment refractive despite mainstream treatment options such as serotonin-reuptake inhibitors and cognitive behavior therapy. Noninvasive brain stimulation approaches such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) have piqued interest as add-on treatment options in OCD. This review focuses on summarizing the TMS and tDCS studies in OCD with respect to their study design and stimulation parameters and key findings. We also briefly discuss the limitations and future directions noninvasive brain stimulation in OCD. PMID: 30745679 [PubMed]
Source: Indian Journal of Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Indian J Psychiatry Source Type: research