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The study included 174 adult participants with a diagnosis of severe to moderate depression. They were randomly assigned to one of two treatment arms: active tDCS or inactive tDCS, which used the ...
Half were randomly assigned to use the Flow Neuroscience tDCS device, and the other half used a sham device. Depression is a common mental illness that causes a range of mental, emotional ...
The study included 174 adult participants with a diagnosis of severe to moderate depression. They were randomly assigned to one of two treatment arms: active tDCS or inactive tDCS, which used the ...
“Our study demonstrates that at-home tDCS is an acceptable first-line treatment for moderate depression without serious side effects,” study investigator Cynthia Fu, MD, professor of affective ...