Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Enhancement of Trauma-focused Therapy : a Two-arm Randomized Controlled Multicentric Study.
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Lead
University Hospital, Tours
Age
18–65
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Having a chronic PTSD (for more than 3 months and less than 10 years) without modification of SSRI long-term treatment for more than 4 weeks
Between 18 and 65 years-old
Effective contraception for women, or inability of procreate because of medical or surgical reasons
Able to give his written informed consent
Affiliation to a social security system
Not participating to another study with psychoactive substance
You may not be if
Partially-sighted or partially deaf person requiring equipment
Person with brain injury or neurological disease (epileptic, tumoral, vascular, degenerative), diagnoses in personal history or recognized as hereditary
Addiction to psychoactive substance for the last 6 months
Any treatment which could interact with tDCS effects on cortical reactivity (citalopram, amphetamine, L-dopa, sulpiride, pergolide, lorazepam, rivastigmine, dextromethorphan or other N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists, d-cycloserine, carbamazepine, flunarizine, calcium channel blockers)
Pregnancy and lactation
Any intracephalic metallic material
Person who can't conform to tests instructions
Person suffering from bipolar disorder, chronic or acute delusional disorder
Any circumstances making the person unable to understand the trial features, purposes or consequences
