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SUBMITTER: Lapidus KA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4121444 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics 20140701 3
Neuromodulation shows increasing promise in the treatment of psychiatric disorders, particularly obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Development of tools and techniques including deep brain stimulation, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and electroconvulsive therapy may yield additional options for patients who fail to respond to standard treatments. This article reviews the motivation for and use of these treatments in OCD. We begin with a brief description of the illness followed by discussi ...[more]