NCT02320370

Transcranial Electrical Stimulation in the Treatment of Acute Anxiety Induced by Stressful Life Events: A Pilot Study

Optimizing Electrical Stimulation for Clinical Applications (the OptES Study): Severe Psychological Stress - a Pilot Study (OptES-Stress-pilot)

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 14 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Eastern Finland · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators examine the efficacy of two different transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) stimulation protocols in the treatment of acute anxiety in an open-label pilot study in patients who have faced severely stressful life events.

Detailed description

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a novel neuromodulation method that has been observed to be promising in treatment of psychiatric disorders such as depression. Nevertheless, knowledge related to the treatment of psychological stress and its main symptom, anxiety, is very scarce. The investigators examine the efficacy of two different transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) stimulation protocols in the treatment of acute anxiety in an open-label pilot study in patients who have faced severely stressful life events.

Conditions

• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	NeuroConn DC Stimulator Plus tDCS	transcranial electrical stimulation intervention with two experimental protocols

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-01-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• Completion: 2016-03-01
• First posted: 2014-12-19
• Last updated: 2014-12-19