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Chapter 12 - fMRI Neurofeedback as Treatment for Depression

from Section 4 - Novel Approaches in Brain Imaging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2021

By
Leon Skottnik  and
David E.J. Linden
Edited by
Sudhakar Selvaraj ,
Paolo Brambilla  and
Jair C. Soares
Sudhakar Selvaraj
Affiliation:
UTHealth School of Medicine, USA
Paolo Brambilla
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Milano
Jair C. Soares
Affiliation:
UT Harris County Psychiatric Center, USA
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Summary

We urgently need new therapeutic strategies for depression (1). Depression is one of the top three causes of disability in the global disease burden statistic, affecting up to 15% of the population of high-income countries and with increasing prevalence also in low- and middle-income countries. This comes at huge socioeconomic and healthcare costs, especially because a large number of patients develop chronic illness, regardless of the available treatments that are effective for the majority of patients. The mainstay of current management are pharmacological and psychological/psychosocial interventions, and recent innovation has been particularly active in the field of physical interventions, adding transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to the repertoire.

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Brain Imaging and Therapeutic Implications
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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