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Augmenting Addiction Management: The Potential Efficacy Of Combining Rtms With Cbt, Dylan Schroeder
Augmenting Addiction Management: The Potential Efficacy Of Combining Rtms With Cbt, Dylan Schroeder
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Abstract
Non-substance and substance related addictive disorders contribute a high global disease burden with relatively poor treatment options with poor craving control and high relapse rates. CBT is a well-documented treatment modality which is the cornerstone for top-down behavioral management of cravings and preventing relapse, but its clinical efficacy is limited. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is an emerging treatment method which may reduce cravings and relapse rates through a bottom-up neurochemical approach.
There is potential that the rTMS reduction of bottom-up cravings may synergistically enhance the top-down control of cravings established with CBT. Existing primary research demonstrates that a …