rTMS in OCD

Not Applicable

Conditions: obssessive compulsive disorder.
The essential feature is recurrent obsessional thoughts or compulsive acts. Obsessional thoughts are ideas, images, or impulses that enter the patient's mind again and again in a stereotyped form. They are almost invariably distressing and the patient oft

Registration Number: IRCT20170309032972N2

Lead Sponsor: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Research Center

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 12

Inclusion Criteria

Diagnosis of obsessive compulsive disorder through psychiatric interview based on DSM 5 criteria and getting at least score 16 in Yale Brown Test
recent use of an OCD treatment for at least 8 to 12 weaks with enough dosage and lack of appropriate response
being right handed
deliberate consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

suffering from any other major psychiatric disorder including Anxiety, depressive and psychotic disorders.
suffering from any sever organic disorder
history of any kind of seizure in the patient or his family
using medications affecting electroencephalographic waves
having implanted pace maker
having fixed or portable metal prosthesis in the head, neck, chest or arm
having arterial clipper
being pregnant

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Parameters of Event Related Potential. Timepoint: before and after intervention. Method of measurement: analysis of the data by the expert.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Obsessive compulsive symptoms. Timepoint: before and after the intervention - after the tenth session - 6 and 12 weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Yale Brown Test.;Depression symptoms. Timepoint: before and after the intervention - after the tenth session - 6 and 12 weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Beck Depression Inventory.;Anxiety symptoms. Timepoint: before and after the intervention - after the tenth session - 6 and 12 weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Beck Anxiety Inventory.