Effect of Prefronto-cerebellar transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on neurocognitive functions and depressive symptomatology in depression: A sham-controlled study

Manipal University0 个研究点目标入组 0 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2021年11月24日

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•1. Patients diagnosed with mild and moderate depression according to ICD 10 criteria
•2. Patients who are able to give written informed consent to undergo tDCS
•3. Patients of either gender
•4. Patients who have been administered a stable dose of antidepressants and/or antipsychotic/mood stabilizers for at least 2 weeks
•5. At least five years of formal education (primary level)

•1. Psychiatric co-morbidities, which will be ruled out using the MINI PLUS scale (Excluding Tobacco Dependence Syndrome)
•2. Patients not willing to give consent
•3. Advanced liver, kidney, cardiac or pulmonary diseases
•4. Contraindications to tDCS e.g. metal or medical devices implanted in the body
•5. Patients with a history of seizures
•6. Patients in remission i.e. patients with a baseline HAM-D score of <= 7 and IDS score of <=14
•7. Patients with Severe Depression
•8. Patients with a history Bipolar disorder
•9. Patients on Benzodiazepines at the time of tDCS procedure

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