Transcranial alternating current stimulation on impulsivity in patients with non-suicidal self-injury

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR2400080269

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2024-01-25

Start date

2023-05-24

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-01-28

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Conditions

Depression

Interventions

Experimental group:Real-Transcranial alternating current stimulation

Control group:Sham-Transcranial alternating current stimulation

Healthy adolescent group:No intervention

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

13 Years to 40 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: NSSI adolescences: 1.the diagnosis is confirmed by an attending psychiatrist or above, and meets the recommended diagnostic criteria for non-suicidal self-injury in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), and meets the number of self-injury = 5 times in the Adolescent Non-suicidal Self-injury Assessment Questionnaire (ANSAQ); 2. aged 12-23 years; 3.Right-handed; 4. voluntarily participate in this study, and sign the informed consent form. Healthy adolescences: 1.Right-handed and aged 12-23 years; 2.No past or current mental diseases or serious somatic or nervous system diseases.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. exclude organic brain disease, severe physical illness, psychoactive substance dependence, and secondary to other organic diseases, and other serious psychiatric disorders (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, etc.); 2. self-inflicted suicide attempts in the past 12 months; 3. previous epileptic seizures, brain surgery, tumor, patients with metal implants in their bodies. Healthy adolescences: 1.Have committed suicide in the past.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
the score of brief BBIS;decrease of the frequency of self-injury ;Eye movement index-fixation time;Eye movement index-fixation counts;Balloon Analog Risk Task-Total number of Balloon explosions;	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
the score of HAMD;the score of HAMA;the score of Moca;the score of TAS-20;the score of PANSI;the score of ERQ;	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactZhang Lei

School of Mental Health and Psychological Sciences, Anhui Medical University

anyipsychology@163.com+86 138 6612 9450

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026