With the ability to modulate cortical activity,repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation（r TMS） is becoming increasingly important in clinical applications for psychiatric disorders. Previous studies have demonst...With the ability to modulate cortical activity,repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation（r TMS） is becoming increasingly important in clinical applications for psychiatric disorders. Previous studies have demonstrated its promising efficacy in depression and schizophrenia, and emerging evidence has also been found in patients with anxiety disorder, obsessive–compulsive disorder, and substance or food craving. However, the overall literature features some conflicting results, varied quality of studies,and a lack of consensus on optimal r TMS parameters.Besides, the efficacy of r TMS in patients with medicationresistant symptoms has drawn most attention from clinicians. Here we review multi-site studies and double-blind randomized controlled trials（RCTs） in single sites, as well as meta-analyses of RCTs in the last three years, in order to update evidence on efficacy and the optimal protocol of r TMS in psychiatric disorders, especially for medicationresistant symptoms.展开更多
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81501152 and 81671332)the National Key Basic Research and Development Program,Ministry of Science and Technology,China(2016YFC1306800,2016YFC1306803)+1 种基金the Brain Project of Shanghai Jiaotong University,School of Medicine,China(2015NKX001,15ZH2015,and W35XT)Shanghai Hospital Development Center,China(SHDC12014111)
文摘With the ability to modulate cortical activity,repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation（r TMS） is becoming increasingly important in clinical applications for psychiatric disorders. Previous studies have demonstrated its promising efficacy in depression and schizophrenia, and emerging evidence has also been found in patients with anxiety disorder, obsessive–compulsive disorder, and substance or food craving. However, the overall literature features some conflicting results, varied quality of studies,and a lack of consensus on optimal r TMS parameters.Besides, the efficacy of r TMS in patients with medicationresistant symptoms has drawn most attention from clinicians. Here we review multi-site studies and double-blind randomized controlled trials（RCTs） in single sites, as well as meta-analyses of RCTs in the last three years, in order to update evidence on efficacy and the optimal protocol of r TMS in psychiatric disorders, especially for medicationresistant symptoms.
