title: [New techniques of electrical and magnetic stimulation in treatment of depression--comparison with electroconvulsive treatment and pharmacotherapy].
abstract: Search for new therapeutic methods applied in psychiatric disorders, especially in depression--concern not only pharmacotherapy, but also physical techniques. Electroconvulsive treatment is a recognised and effective method for receiving of antidepressant effects by means of electric head stimulation with eliciting of seizures. During two past decades, a few new techniques using the electrical or magnetic stimulation were tested with respect to their therapeutic antidepressant activity. The trancranial magnetic stimulation TMS, vagus nerve stimulation VNS, magnetic seizure therapy/magnetoconvulsive therapy MST/MCT, deep brain stimulation DBS, and trancranial direct current stimulation tDCS are involved among these techniques. The paper discusses those above mentioned techniques and it makes a critical comparison--in relation to several criteria--with the electroconvulsive treatment and pharmacotherapy.
authors: Oddział Kliniczny Kliniki Psychiatrii Dorosłych Szpitala Uniwersyteckiego w Krakowie.
authors: Tomasz
authors: T
authors: Zyss
mesh_terms: D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents