Efficacy and Safety Assessment of Temporal Interference Stimulation to Improve Bipolar Depression

Korábbi kezelés

• Contraindications to magnetic resonance scanning (MRI) or time-interference stimulation (TI), such as the presence of metallic or electronic devices in the body (intracranial metallic foreign bodies, cochlear implants, pacemakers and stents, and other metallic foreign bodies);
• Prior or current electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), modified electroconvulsive therapy (MECT), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), transcranial direct current therapy (tDCS), transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), or other neurostimulation;
• Risk of neurologic disorders or seizures, such as previous craniosynostosis, cranial trauma, abnormal electroencephalograms, magnetic resonance evidence of structural abnormalities of the brain, or family history of epilepsy.

Más betegség

• Possesses a diagnosis of another major psychiatric disorder that has been assessed by the study investigator as a major disorder that results in more impairment than a diagnosis of bipolar disorder;
• Co-morbid other psychiatric disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder, personality disorders, anxiety spectrum disorders, mental retardation, substance dependence (abuse), etc.; Has active suicidal ideation (≥ 4 points on item 10 of the MADRS);
• History of serious physical illness or disease that may affect the central nervous system;

Életkor

• Pregnant and lactating women, and women of childbearing age with a positive urine pregnancy;

Egyéb

• Risk of serious injury to self or others;

• right-handed, and have completed nine years of compulsory education;
• Meet the diagnostic criteria for bipolar depression in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5);
• ≥18 points on the Hamilton Depression Inventory (HAMD- 17);
• ≤8 points on the Young's Mania Rating Scale (YMRS);
• Subjects who have not been treated with psychiatric medication, or those who have been treated with medication are required to undergo medication washout within 2 weeks before randomization;
• Subjects/legal guardians are willing to cooperate with the treatment and sign an informed consent form after they have fully understood the Temporal Interference Stimulation (TI).