Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of auditory hallucinations: a preliminary open-label study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Schizophrenia is a chronic and disabling disease that presents with delusions and hallucinations. Auditory hallucinations are usually expressed as voices speaking to or about the patient. Previous studies have examined the effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) over the temporoparietal cortex on auditory hallucinations in schizophrenic patients. Our aim was to explore the potential effect of deep TMS, using the H coil over the same brain region on auditory hallucinations.

Patients and methods

Eight schizophrenic patients with refractory auditory hallucinations were recruited, mainly from Beer Ya'akov Mental Health Institution (Tel Aviv university, Israel) ambulatory clinics, as well as from other hospitals outpatient populations. Low-frequenc

SUBMITTER: Rosenberg O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3045391 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature