Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
摘要
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) represents a debilitating and chronic mental health disorder that can manifest following exposure to traumatic events. Recently, novel noninvasive neurostimulation techniques have emerged as potential therapeutic strategies for PTSD. Over the past few decades, numerous studies have explored the therapeutic effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the context of PTSD. Despite some promising results, findings have been inconsistent, and a definitive consensus regarding their efficacy remains elusive. Additional research is essential to substantiate the effectiveness of these approaches and to determine optimal treatment parameters for TMS and tDCS in PTSD therapy. This chapter provides a comprehensive review of innovative noninvasive neurostimulation methods, including TMS, tDCS, and ECT, in the treatment of PTSD. Given the diverse nature of TMS modalities, the chapter offers an in-depth exploration of repetitive TMS (r-TMS), deep TMS (D-TMS), priming TMS, synchronized TMS, theta burst stimulation (TBS), and magnetic seizure therapy (MST).