Miloseva, Lence and Richter, Kneginja (2022) Editorial: Impact of Neurostimulation and Psychotherapy on Mental Health. Frontiers in Psychology, section Psychology for Clinical Settings. ISSN 1664-1078
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Brain stimulation therapies as biologically-oriented treatment methods can play an important role in treating certain psychological disturbances and psychiatric diseases. Step by step they successfully have been implemented in the field of mental health together with the different psychotherapy methods. While these types of therapies are less frequently used than medication and psychotherapies, they hold promise for treating certain mental disorders that do not respond to other treatments. These have included depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, Alzheimer's disease, and dementia. Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) has been proposed as an intervention strategy for mental disorders. NIBS has immediate effects on neural excitability but also after-effects (Klomjai et al., 2015) which makes it a potentially suitable therapeutic tool for mental disorders. The most frequently utilized neurostimulation methods are repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Last years, many new methods are emerging in the field of mental health, which mainly includes transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and neurofeedback. Psychotherapy, especially Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) oriented modalities is a psychologically-oriented treatment method that can lead to behavior change, changes in cognition, and emotions, and significant improvements in psychological symptoms and mental health. Contemporary Psychotherapy modalities include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Rational Emotional Behavioral Therapy (REBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Mindfulness and Schema therapy, among others. While neurostimulation and psychotherapy use different mechanisms, both can influence and change human psychological states and mental health. That is the main reason why this Research Topic attracts scientific attention for future discussion. This Research Topic offers several investigations into the empirical data and related papers comparing the effectiveness of new biologically-driven treatment methods based on neurostimulation and psychologically-driven treatment methods based on psychotherapy. This Research Topic gathers different contributions highlighting novel impacts of Neurostimulation and Psychotherapy on Mental Health (Richter et al., 2017). This remains to be seen, but the seven articles that comprise this Research Topic offer valid scientific insight into how Neurostimulation and Psychotherapy could combine to benefit the field of mental health. These approaches allow us to shed light on the mechanisms of impact and improvement of contemporary treatments of mental disorders.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Impact Factor Value: | 4.232 |
| Subjects: | Medical and Health Sciences > Clinical medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medical Science |
| Depositing User: | Lence Miloseva |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Nov 2022 11:12 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Nov 2022 11:12 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/30470 |
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