Frank Padberg

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Treatment of Depression during Inpatient Psychotherapy: Results from a Psychosomatic Hospital

Ulrich Palm, Andreas Menke, Anna-Katharine Brem, Frank Padberg & Ulrike Vogelmann · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2025

Recent studies focusing on the combination of psychotherapy and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) showed debatable results for an additional effect of tDCS in depression. Here, we aim at evaluating the effects of tDCS adjunct to a multimodal psychosomatic treatment....

Open access Research Article 10.9734/indj/2025/v22i3482

Gamma Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation Improves Craving and Cognition in Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder: An Open Label Pilot Study

Nikolas Haller, Ulrike Kumpf, Gabi Koller, Frank Padberg & Ulrich Palm · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2022

Objective: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is one of the most common psychiatric disorders worldwide. It often shows a chronic course, and pharmacological treatment is rather ineffective for maintaining abstinence. New non-invasive brain stimulation techniques could help to improve AU...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/indj/2022/v17i430211

Safety of Repeated Twice-daily 30 Minutes of 2 mA tDCS in Depressed Patients

Ulrich Palm, Bianka Leitner, Wolfgang Strube, Alkomiet Hasan & Frank Padberg · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2015

Aims: Transcranial direct stimulation (tDCS) is recently discussed as a therapeutic option in psychiatric disorders and has brought preliminary convincing results in the treatment of depressive disorders. Hence the optimal stimulation parameters still remain elusive as randomized...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2015/19719