The place of rTMS in the treatment of depressive disorder and a possibility of treatment response prediction - the Czech experience

Abstract

The article presents up-to-date information about rTMS studies in the treatment of depressive disorder and discusses the place of rTMS in the algorithms of treatment using own data. The authors present possibility to use QEEG cordance as a predictor of response to rTMS.

Keywords

• rTMS
• QEEG
• neuroimaging
• depressive disorder
• prediction
• treatment resistance