PMID: 29077142Oct 28, 2017Paper

Non-invasive neurostimulation in the treatment of child and adolescent psychiatry

Tijdschrift voor psychiatrie
S van der MeerscheC Baeken

Abstract

Neurostimulation is a potentially interesting treatment option for children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders.<br/> AIM: To review the efficacy of two non-invasive neurostimulation techniques, namely repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rtms) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tdcs), in the treatment of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders.<br/> METHOD: We searched the literature research using PubMed.<br/> RESULTS: There is some evidence that rtms is being used to treat unipolar depression, psychosis, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and tic disorder. So far, however, very little research has been done on tdcs.<br/> CONCLUSION: Further research is vitally important in order to ensure the safety and efficacy of rtms and tdcs.

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