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Keep this study
Lead
Sarah Lisanby
With
University of Texas
Stanley Medical Research Institute
Age
18–75
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Clinical diagnosis of major depressive episode, in the context of unipolar or bipolar disorder
Age 18-75
Use of effective method of birth control for women of child-bearing capacity
Willing and capable of providing informed consent
Convulsive therapy clinically indicated
Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD) ≥18 (24 item)
You may not be if
Current unstable or serious medical condition, or any comorbid medical condition that substantially increases the risks of ECT (such as acute myocardial infarction, space occupying brain lesion or other cause of increased intracranial pressure, unstable aneurysm or vascular malformation, poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, carcinoma, renal failure, hepatic failure)
Pregnancy
History of neurological disorder, epilepsy, stroke, brain surgery, metal in the head, or structural brain lesion
Presence of devices that may be affected by rTMS (pacemaker, medication pump, cochlear implant, implanted brain stimulator)
Breast-feeding
History of head trauma with loss of consciousness for greater than 5 minutes
History of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or rapid cycling bipolar disorder
Vagus Nerve Stimulator implanted
History of substance abuse or dependence in past 3 months
Failure to respond to an adequate course of ECT in the current depressive episode
History of ECT in the past 6 months
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