Transcranial Electric Stimulation for Agitation in Schizophrenia and Related Psychotic Disorders
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 259
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Interests: COVID-19; neuromodulation; aging psychiatry; mental health; dementia
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Dear Colleagues,
The prevalence of schizophrenia is about 0.7%, with positive and negative mood symptoms as well as cognitive dysfunction. Antipsychotic drugs have been widely used to treat positive symptoms (including agitation) of schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. However, no definitive treatment strategies have been established to alleviate negative symptoms and cognitive dysfunction in patients with schizophrenia. Neuromodulation is a method of changing nerve activity by applying electrical stimulation or other agents to a specific nerve site in the body. Neuromodulation ranges from noninvasive approaches such as transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation to invasive (implanted) approaches such as spinal cord stimulation and deep brain stimulation. Some of the neuromodulation approaches have been used in clinical practice to alleviate symptoms, including agitation, in patients with mental disorders. For example, electroconvulsive therapy and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation have already been approved for clinical use to treat depression in many countries. To our best knowledge, however, no other brain stimulation approaches have been approved to treat agitation in psychotic disorders. In this Special Issue, we would like to introduce the potentials and limitations of brain stimulation in patients with schizophrenia and other mental disorders.
Dr. Takuma Inagawa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- tDCS
- brain stimulation
- schizophrenia
- hallucination
- negative symptoms
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