Antidepressant Efficacy of Prolonged Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation Monotherapy for Recurrent Depression and Comparison of Methods for Coil Positioning: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled Study

• Published in: Biological psychiatry (1969) Vol. 87; no. 5; pp. 443 - 450
• Main Authors: Li, Cheng-Ta, Cheng, Chih-Ming, Chen, Mu-Hong, Juan, Chi-Hung, Tu, Pei-Chi, Bai, Ya-Mei, Jeng, Jia-Shyun, Lin, Wei-Chen, Tsai, Shih-Jen, Su, Tung-Ping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2020
• Subjects: Antidepressive Agents - therapeutic use; Coil positioning; Depression; Depressive Disorder, Major - drug therapy; Double-Blind Method; Humans; Magnetic resonance imaging; Major depressive disorder; Prefrontal Cortex; Psychiatric/Mental Health; Theta burst stimulation; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; Treatment Outcome; Theta burst stimulation; Coil positioning; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Prefrontal cortex; Magnetic resonance imaging; Major depressive disorder

Prolonged intermittent theta burst stimulation (piTBS) with triple doses of the standard protocol is an updated form of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, and it is an effective add-on intervention for major depressive disorder. In the present study, our objective was to investigate the a...