Brain stimulation therapy could help people with schizophrenia who hear voices

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A non-invasive magnetic brain stimulation treatment could help reduce the frequency of hearing voices for people with schizophrenia, according to international researchers. The team recruited 62 people with schizophrenia who have auditory hallucinations, and treated half of them for two weeks with the targeted brain stimulation while the other half received a fake treatment. The researchers say after the two weeks, the group who received the real treatment showed a greater reduction in hallucinations, and this pattern still existed a month after the treatment ended. They say a stronger electric field also appeared to be more effective.

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Organisation/s: Anhui Medical University, China

Funder: This study was supported by grants 81971689 (Dr Ji), 82371507 (Dr Ji), 82090034 (Dr K. Wang), and 32071054 (Dr Tian) from the National Natural Science Foundation of China; grant GXXT-2022-028 from the Collaborative Innovation Project Between Universities and the Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center (Dr Ji); grant 1808085J23 from the Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Anhui Province (Dr Tian); grant SYS2023B10 from the Key Laboratory of Philosophy and Social Science of Anhui Province on Adolescent Mental Health and Crisis Intelligence Intervention (Dr He); the Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center Hefei Brain Project (Dr K.Wang.); grant 202104j07020033 from the 2021 Anhui Province Key R&D Project: Population Health Special Project (Dr K.Wang); grant 2020zhyx-A04 from the major project of the Research Fund of Anhui Institute of Translational Medicine in 2020 (Dr K.Wang); grant 202204295107020006 from the Anhui Province Clinical Medical Research Transformation Special Project (Dr K.Wang); and grant 1565 from the Foundation for the Cultivation of Doctoral Research Talents (Prof L.Wang).

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