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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2014 Apr 30;216(1):155-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.01.030. Epub 2014 Jan 30.

Borderline personality disorder and rTMS: a pilot trial

Lionel Cailhol  1 , Bruno Roussignol  2 , Rémy Klein  3 , Benjamin Bousquet  3 , Marion Simonetta-Moreau  4 , Laurent Schmitt  5 , Claire Thalamas  6 , Gérard Tap  6 , Philippe Birmes  5
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Borderline personality disorder and rTMS: a pilot trial

Lionel Cailhol et al. Psychiatry Res. .

Abstract

A randomized, controlled study was carried out to assess the effect of a series of 10 sessions of high-frequency rTMS to the right DLPFC in 10 Borderline Personality Disorder patients. Patients in the rTMS group showed improvements in anger, affective instability (Borderline Personality Disorder Severity Index) and planning (Tower Of London). Two smoking cessations were observed.

Keywords: Neuropsychological test; Prefrontal cortex; Smoking cessation.

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