A Randomized Controlled Study of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Objective: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the most common psychiatric disorders. A considerable number of patients do not respond well to standard medicinetreatmentsorhavesideeffects. Recentneuroimaging studies haveshownabnormalcorticalactivitiesinsome brain regions in GAD patients. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a neuromodulation technique which is able to modulate cortical activity locally and non-invasively....