Borderline personality disorder and rTMS: a pilot trial.
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A randomized, controlled study was carried out to assess the effect of a series of 10 sessions of high-frequency rTMS to the right DLPFC in 10 Borderline Personality Disorder patients. Patients in the rTMS group showed improvements in anger, affective instability (Borderline Personality Disorder Severity Index) and planning (Tower Of London). Two smoking cessations were observed.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Psychiatry research
دوره 216 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014