Christian Plewnia

Clinical Global Impression-Stimulation Outcome Monitoring Tool (CGI-STIM): development and preliminary evaluation of a pragmatic clinical rating tool for electroconvulsive therapy

Abstract Objectives Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is highly effective for severe and treatment-resistant mental disorders, but concerns about cognitive side effects and enduring stigma continue to hinder its broader acceptance. Although treatment response and cognitive tolerabi...

Bilateral theta burst stimulation as an add-on to schema therapy in major depression: methods and design of a randomized, sham-controlled study

Abstract Schema therapy (ST) is an integrative psychotherapeutic treatment that may be as effective as cognitive behavioural therapy in treating depression. Novel approaches are focusing on augmenting psychiatric treatments with brain stimulation techniques, like repetitive trans...