EFFECTS OF ADJUVANT NEUROSTIMULATION (THETA BURTS STIMULATION) ON FACIAL EMOTIONAL RECOGNITION IN PATIENTS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA: AfMRI STUDY
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: F20- Schizophrenia
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/03/050943
- Lead Sponsor
- CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1.Patients giving written informed consent.
2.Right handed.
3.Age between 18- 60 years of either sex.
4.Illness duration of equal to or more than 2 years.
5.Diagnosis of Schizophrenia using Diagnostic Criteria for Research (DCR) of International Classification of Disease-10th edition (ICD-10, World Health Organization,1993) .
6.The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale for Schizophrenia (PANSS),negative symptoms score of more than 15.
7. Scale for Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) score more than 20.
8. Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia (CDSS) score less than 7.
9.Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) (Overall and Gorham,1962) to assess symptoms in schizophrenia.
1.Presence of co-morbid neurological or other psychiatric disorder(s).
2.Patient with co-morbid substance dependence, except nicotine and caffeine.
3.Subjects who have received ECT in past 6 months.
4.Patients having any metallic implants/parts in the body.
5.Not willing to give informed consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method functional connectivityTimepoint: baseline and at the end of sessions
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method PANSS,SANS,BPRS,MDEESTimepoint: baseline and at the end of sessions