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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 3, 期 2, 页码 129-134出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145700001784
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transcranial magnetic stimulation electroconvulsive therapy; depression
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a new technology which holds promise as a treatment of psychiatric disorders. Most work to date has been on depression. Superiority to placebo has been indicated in three small blind studies. We compared the antidepressant effects of rTMS and ECT in 32 patients suffering major depressive episode (MDE) who had failed to respond to at least one course of medication. There was no limit to the number of treatment sessions which could be given and treatment was continued until remission occurred or response plateaued. A significant main effect for treatment type was found [Pillai trace = 0.248, F(3,28) = 3.076, p = 0.044; power = 0.656], reflecting an advantage for ECT patients on measures of depression overall, however, rTMS produced comparable results on a number of measures. Blind raters using the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) found the rate of remission (HDRS = less than or equal to 8) was the same (68.8%), and the percentage improvement over the course of treatment of 55.6% (rTMS) and 66.4% (ECT), while favouring ECT, was not significantly different. Significant differences were shown (p < 0.03) in percentage improvement on Beck Depression Inventory ratings (rTMS, 45.5 %; ECT, 69.1%), but not for improvement in Visual Analogue ratings of mood (rTMS 42.3 %; ECT, 57%). rTMS has antidepressant effects of useful proportions and further studies are indicated.
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