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Case Reports
. 2017 Dec;27(4):162-4.

Feasibility and Clinical Utility of High-definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in the Treatment of Persistent Hallucinations in Schizophrenia

A Bose  1 , V Shivakumar  1 , H Chhabra  1 , R Parlikar  1 , V S Sreeraj  1 , D Dinakaran  1 , J C Narayanaswamy  1 , G Venkatasubramanian  1
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Case Reports

Feasibility and Clinical Utility of High-definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in the Treatment of Persistent Hallucinations in Schizophrenia

A Bose et al. East Asian Arch Psychiatry. 2017 Dec.
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Abstract

Persistent auditory verbal hallucination is a clinically significant problem in schizophrenia. Recent studies suggest a promising role for add-on transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in treatment. An optimised version of tDCS, namely high-definition tDCS (HD-tDCS), uses smaller electrodes arranged in a 4x1 ring configuration and may offer more focal and predictable neuromodulation than conventional tDCS. This case report illustrates the feasibility and clinical utility of add-on HD-tDCS over the left temporoparietal junction in a 4x1 ring configuration to treat persistent auditory verbal hallucination in schizophrenia.

Keywords: Hallucinations; Schizophrenia; Transcranial direct current stimulation.

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