rTMS Effects on Smoking Cessation and Cognition in Schizophrenia

Exclusion Criteria

• •Active alcohol or illicit drug abuse or dependence in the past 3 months
• •A history of seizures, head trauma or space occupying lesions.
• •A history of alcohol or illicit drug abuse in the past 6 months.
• •Intolerance of the nicotine patch or its excipients
• •Evidence for psychiatric instability as judged by acute psychotic exacerbations, suicidal or homicidal ideation.
• •Females who are pregnant.