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The changes of social performance with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in depressed patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

M. Pirmoradi ,
B. Dolatshahi ,
R. Rostami ,
P. Mohammadkhani  and
A. Dadkhah
M. Pirmoradi
Affiliation:
Iran University of Medical Sciences, Clinical Psychology, Tehran, Iran
B. Dolatshahi
Affiliation:
University of Science Welfare and Rehabilitation, Clinical Psychology, Tehran, Iran
R. Rostami
Affiliation:
Tehran University, Psychology, Tehran, Iran
P. Mohammadkhani
Affiliation:
University of Science Welfare and Rehabilitation, Clinical Psychology, Tehran, Iran
A. Dadkhah
Affiliation:
University of Science Welfare and Rehabilitation, Clinical Psychology, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

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Objectives

The purpose of this study was investigating the effectiveness of rTMS (repetitive transcranial of magnetic stimulation) on increase social performance in patients with recurrent major depression.

Method

It was used a quasi-experimental, pretest–posttest design with control group, a sample consisting of 32 patients who had depression on the basis of DSM-IV diagnostic criteria, SCID and BDI-II scales and were randomly assigned to two groups.

The experimental group underwent 20 sessions of rTMS as the independent factor and both groups (control & experimental) had 12-session psychotherapy and drugs treatment. Upon the intervention, both groups were tested with two tests (BDI-II & SASS). To determine the effect of the independent factor on the dependent factor of rTMS.

Data were analyzed by t-test.

Results

The comparison between pre- & posttest of all the tests showed the reduction of signs & symptoms of depression, (a = 0/05) (Beck scale P ≤ 0/001 & F = 30) and increase social performance in participants (P ≤ 0/001 & F = 83).

Conclusion

The rTMS is effect in the reduction of signs & symptoms of depression and increase social functioning in recurrent major depression.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Keywords

Social performanceMagnetic stimulationMajor depression
Type
e-Poster Walk: Psychosurgery & stimulation methods (ECT, TMS, VNS, DBS) and psychophysiology
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S375 - S376
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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