Clinical improvement in patients with borderline personality disorder after treatment with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: preliminary results

Julian Reyes-López, Josefina Ricardo-Garcell, Gabriela Armas-Castañeda, María García-Anaya, Iván Arango-De Montis, Jorge J. González-Olvera, Francisco Pellicer
2017 Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria  
Current treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD) consists of psychotherapy and pharmacological interventions. However, the use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) could be beneficial to improve some BPD symptoms. The objective of this study was to evaluate clinical improvement in patients with BPD after application of rTMS over the right or left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC).
doi:10.1590/1516-4446-2016-2112 pmid:28614492 pmcid:PMC6899410 fatcat:tuuvavhihjhnde2m2x37ieeoza