Study, Feb./17: "Prefrontal transcranial direct stimulation" - for depression?

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This German study is called "Prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as treatment for major depression: study design and methodology of a multicenter triple blind randomized placebo controlled trial (DepressionDC)."

 

I'm not sure if this is at all like ECT. Has anyone heard of it before?

 

"Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been proposed as novel treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD) based on clinical pilot studies as well as randomized controlled monocentric trials. The DepressionDC trial is a triple-blind (blinding of rater, operator and patient), randomized, placebo controlled multicenter trial investigating the efficacy and safety of prefrontal tDCS used as additive treatment in MDD patients who have not responded to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI)."

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28246891