Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-t7fkt Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-28T12:48:55.986Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The role of tDCS in psychiatrists toolbox

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2023

K. Järventausta
K. Järventausta*
Affiliation:
Clinical Medicine, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Abstract

tDCS is a low-cost and well-tolerated neuromodulation treatment of depression. It seems to be a good and effective option to start the treatment of depression along or instead of medication in mild or moderate depression. tDCS can be used as an add-on treatment with psychotherapy or medication. Home based tDCS is easy to conduct. However, tDCS should be used with qualified protocols like any other neuromodulation treatment. When the tools in psychiatry are diversifying the precise diagnostics, careful defining of the clinical picture and effective early and individually planned management of depression are key elements gaining better outcomes and preventing treatment resistant depression.

Disclosure of Interest

None Declared

Type
Abstract
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 66 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 31st European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2023 , pp. S45
Creative Commons
Creative Common License - CCCreative Common License - BY
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the European Psychiatric Association
Submit a response

Comments

No Comments have been published for this article.