Conference paper

ROLE OF TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION TMS & rTMS) IN INVESTIGATION AND POSSIBLE TREATMENT OF IMPULSIVITY IN NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS WITH ADHD AND BPD AS EXAMPLES

Rashid Zaman ; SEPT & Dept of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Abstract

Pathological Impulsivity is a crucial component of several neuropsychiatric disorders and is cause of significant observed
distress and morbidity. Here I will take ADHD and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) as examples neuropsychiatric disorders
with pathological impulsivity as an important component to describe the usefulness of TMS and repetitive TMS (rTMS) as an
investigative tool as well as a potential therapeutic tool.

Keywords

impulsivity; ADHD; borderline personality disorder

Hrčak ID:

265741

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/265741

Publication date:

5.11.2014.

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