Accelerated repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation does not influence grey matter volumes in regions related to alcohol relapse: An open-label exploratory study

Alcohol addiction is a chronic relapsing disorder having a well-known devastating impact on health and mortality rate (WHO, 2014). According to the Global Status Report On Alcohol And Health (WHO, 2014), 5.9% of all global deaths were attributable to the (ab)use of alcohol. More than 60% of alcohol-dependent patients will experience at least one drinking episode (= “lapse”) in the first year following alcohol detoxification (Witkiewitz, 2011).

Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - August 15, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Guo-Rong Wu, Chris Baeken, Peter Van Schuerbeek, Johan De Mey, Minghua Bi, Sarah C. Herremans Tags: Full length article Source Type: research