Borderline personality disorder and rTMS: a pilot trial

Psychiatry Res. 2014 Apr 30;216(1):155-7. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.01.030. Epub 2014 Jan 30.

Abstract

A randomized, controlled study was carried out to assess the effect of a series of 10 sessions of high-frequency rTMS to the right DLPFC in 10 Borderline Personality Disorder patients. Patients in the rTMS group showed improvements in anger, affective instability (Borderline Personality Disorder Severity Index) and planning (Tower Of London). Two smoking cessations were observed.

Keywords: Neuropsychological test; Prefrontal cortex; Smoking cessation.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anger
  • Borderline Personality Disorder / psychology
  • Borderline Personality Disorder / therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pilot Projects
  • Prefrontal Cortex
  • Single-Blind Method
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation / methods*
  • Treatment Outcome