Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) - does anyone use it?

[clozareal]

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I have yet to come across this in clinical practice during my residency or fellowship. Yet, it's the most cited article in the Brain Stimulation journal. Does anyone use tDCS in their practice? Why or why not?

 

[drillers]

interesting to see that it is approved in UK and elsewhere but no the US

 

[Tangerine123]

Doing my PhD (Combined Psych Residency/PhD) in tDCS for depression. We just finished a 3+ year multicenter clinical trial in Europe. Waiting for data unblinding.

Would be interesting to hear other people's experience.

 

[calvnandhobbs68]

Another recent article about tDCS I read last year which shows another needed area (negative schizophrenia symptoms) where it seems tDCS could be helpful.

Efficacy and Safety of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Treating Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia

This randomized clinical trial studies the efficacy and safety of transcranial direct current stimulation compared with sham as an add-on treatment for patients with schizophrenia with predominant negative symptoms.

jamanetwork.com

I’d also be interested to know if anyone uses this in practice. I’ve had no experience with it so far in real life and don’t know anyone at our program who does it even though it seems to be a relatively simple and inexpensive setup to perform.