Efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in reducing consumption in patients with alcohol use disorders: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
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Date publication
mai 2016
Journal
Trials
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr TROJAK Benoît
Tous les auteurs :
Trojak B, Soudry-Faure A, Abello N, Carpentier M, Jonval L, Allard C, Sabsevari F, Blaise E, Ponavoy E, Bonin B, Meille V, Chauvet-Gelinier JC
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Résumé
Approximately 15 million persons in the European Union and 10 million persons in the USA are alcohol-dependent. The global burden of disease and injury attributable to alcohol is considerable: worldwide, approximately one in 25 deaths in 2004 was caused by alcohol. At the same time, alcohol use disorders remain seriously undertreated. In this context, alternative or adjunctive therapies such as brain stimulation may play a prominent role. The early results of studies using transcranial direct current stimulation found that stimulations delivered to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex result in a significant reduction of craving and an improvement of the decision-making processes in various additive disorders. We, therefore, hypothesize that transcranial direct current stimulation can lead to a decrease in alcohol consumption in patients suffering from alcohol use disorders.
Mots clés
Affect, Alcohol Abstinence, Alcohol Drinking, physiopathology, Alcohol-Related Disorders, diagnosis, Clinical Protocols, Cognition, Craving, Double-Blind Method, Female, France, Humans, Male, Monaco, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Quality of Life, Research Design, Smoking, psychology, Surveys and Questionnaires, Time Factors, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, adverse effects, Treatment Outcome
Référence
Trials. 2016 May 17;17(1):250