Depression and anxiety
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Depression and anxiety · Aug 2019
Comparative StudyIs rTMS effective for anxiety symptoms in major depressive disorder? An efficacy analysis comparing left-sided high-frequency, right-sided low-frequency, and sequential bilateral rTMS protocols.
Anxiety symptoms are common in major depressive disorder. Whilst therapeutic efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in depression is well-established, minimal research has investigated rTMS's efficacy in treating anxiety symptoms in depression. ⋯ This study addresses the clinical knowledge gap pertaining to rTMS's therapeutic efficacy in treating anxiety symptoms in depression and the relative efficacy of three commonly used stimulation protocols. Our findings suggest therapeutic equivalence across left-sided high-frequency, right-sided low-frequency, and sequential bilateral rTMS approaches.