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tDCS home based treatment following accelerated dTMS in the elderly depressed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2023

C. Baeken
C. Baeken*
Affiliation:
1Department of Psychiatry UZGent, Ghent University, Ghent 2Department of Psychiatry UZBrussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium

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Abstract

With a growing number of elderly persons, geriatric depression - associated with important morbidity and mortality- is becoming a significant health problem. Given the risk of polypharmacy and increased side effects, alternative non pharmaceutical treatments such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) may be solution. Recently, the FDA approved deep brain TMS (dTMS) for depression, not only stimulating deeper cortical areas but response and remission rates may be better, especially in elderly populations. Nevertheless, beneficial follow-up options following rTMS treatment remains to be determined. Therefore, one week after the last accelerated dTMS, all patients followed a 3 week open label tDCS with a home-use device. Study rationale and preliminary findings will be discussed.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 66 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 31st European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2023 , pp. S45 - S46
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