27
Participants
Start Date
April 30, 2014
Primary Completion Date
July 31, 2017
Study Completion Date
March 31, 2018
Transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS)
Stimulation sessions will be conducted twice a day on 5 consecutive weekdays. The twice daily sessions will be separated by at least 3 hours (one in the morning and the other one in the PM). The duration of treatment will be 4 weeks
Placebo
Placebo/sham stimulation: After 40 seconds of real stimulation of 2 mAmp to simulate the tDCS induced skin sensation, only a small current pulse is delivered every 550 msec (110 mAmp over 15 msec) through the remainder of the 20-minute period
Manhattan Psychiatric Center, New York
Manhattan Psychiatric Center
OTHER