Use of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation in the treatment of drug-resistant depression - a pilot study, presentation of five clinical cases
Kaczmarczyk M, Antosik-Wójcińska A, Dominiak M, Święcicki Ł
Psychiatria Polska · 2021
Key finding
In five treatment-resistant depression patients, taVNS added to pharmacotherapy was safe and associated with symptom improvement in this small pilot case series.
- Condition
- Depression
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Case Report / Series
- Participants
- 5
Cite this study
Kaczmarczyk, M., Antosik-Wójcińska, A., Dominiak, M., & Święcicki, Ł. (2021). Use of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation in the treatment of drug-resistant depression - a pilot study, presentation of five clinical cases. Psychiatria Polska, 55(3), 555-564. https://doi.org/10.12740/pp/onlinefirst/115191
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