Ultime novità sulla Light Therapy

Caro Professore, soffro di depressione ed ogni anno in autunno è la stessa cosa: non riesco ad evitare la crisi. Ho sentito parlare della terapia della luce. Mi potrebbe aiutare? La Fototerapia o terapia della luce (in inglese Light Therapy) è ormai conosciuta anche...

Low-frequency rTMS over right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in the treatment of resistant depression: cognitive improvement is independent from clinical response, resting motor threshold is related to clinical response.

BACKGROUND: Clinical studies have shown that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is effective in a certain percentage of treatment-resistant depression (TRD). The left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) 10 Hz rTMS stimulation received FDA approval...

Emerging drugs to treat OCD

Emerging drugs to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic and disabling neuropsychiatric disorder with a lifetime prevalence of approximately 1 – 2% and a rate of treatment resistance of 40%. Other disorders have been...