Borderline Personality Disorder
Conditions
Keywords
Borderline personality disorder, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
Brief summary
This study is going to evaluate the effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on Borderline Personality Disorder patients symptoms.
Detailed description
There is a great body of literature about the positive effects of rTMS therapy on various psychiatric disorders. In this study we are going to evaluate the effects of high-frequency rTMS over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC)region in borderline personality disorder (BPD) patients. patients will be assessed by subjective measures for BPD.
Interventions
DEVICErTMS
Patients undergone 10 session of high-frequency rTMS therapy over their left DLPFC
DEVICEsham rTMS
Patients will undergo ten session of sham rTMS.
Sponsors
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Clinically diagnosed borderline personality disorder according to DSM IV.
Exclusion criteria
* Epilepsy * Any metal device * Psychotic disorders * Bipolar mood disorder type 1
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patients' reports | Change from baseline to two weeks | changes in subjective measures from baseline to tenth day of treatment |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| patient's report | Change from baseline to 1 month | change in subjective measures from baseline to 1 month after treatment |
| Patient's report | Change from baseline to 3 month | change in subjective measures form baseline to 3 month after treatment |
Outcome results
None listed