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PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
Volume 254, Issue -, Pages 18-23Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.04.005
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Paroxetine; First-episode depression; Onset of action
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- National Science Foundation of China [81401101]
- Hebei Provincial Key Technology R D Program [09276103D]
- Department of Health of Hebei Province (China) [20100256]
- Key Research Program of Science and Technology in Hebei province health department [20130579]
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been introduced as a new and effective treatment option for major depression. This paper examined the effectiveness of rTMS on first episode depressed patients when combined with antidepressant drugs. A random sample of forty-three first-episode depressed patients received active or sham rTMS to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and concomitantly took paroxetine for 4 weeks, and paroxetine monotherapy for 4 weeks afterwards. Response was defined as a >= 50% decrease on the total Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) from the baseline, and remission was defined as an HDRS total residual score < 8. The dosage of paroxetine was the average dose per day in each week. Repeated-measures ANOVA revealed a significant improvement in the HDRS with active compared with sham rTMS from the end of the 1st week to the 4th week. At the end of the 4th week, response rate was 95.5% with active and 71.4% with sham rTMS, remission rate was 68.2% with active and 38.1% with sham rTMS, while these significant differences disappeared at the endpoint of the study. These findings indicate that rTMS at 10-Hz accelerated the onset of action and augmented the response to paroxetine for first-episode depressed patients.
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