Using Virtual Reality Before Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Treatment of OCD

Ki vehet részt

• Participants must be at least 18 years old
• Patients must have been clinically evaluated by a Yale Interventional Psychiatry Service physician who has deemed them appropriate to receive TMS for the treatment of OCD
• Ability and willingness, in the investigator's judgement, to comply with the study procedure and study requirements

Ki nem vehet részt

• Was previously enrolled/randomized into the study
• Hearing or visual impairment to the degree that would interfere with ability to see or hear VR content
• History of seizure disorder
• Dementia or other cognitive disorder or intellectual disability that would impair the subject's ability to understand the study procedure (per investigator judgment)
• Any other medical or psychiatric comorbidity that the investigator judges would put the participant at additional undue risk due to study participation or would impair subject's ability to participate in the study
• Difficulty in understanding spoken or written English
• Pregnancy
• Unable to provide informed consent
• Any implanted medical device, risk of interference with which by the VR device in the investigator's judgment can put patient at additional undue risk