title: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation improves depersonalization: a case report.
abstract: Depersonalization disorder is a poorly understood and treatment-resistant condition. This report describes a patient with depersonalization disorder who underwent six sessions of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation produced a 28% reduction on depersonalization scores.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, and Sleep Unit in Clinical Servoices, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatria Ramon de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City, Mexico. jimalex@imp.edu.mx
authors.forename: Alejandro M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Genchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003861:Depersonalization / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010507:Periodicity; D012074:Remission Induction; D012886:Skull; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation*