Dr. Debadatta Mohapatra, MD

CONTACT

Lead Sponsor

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar

Age

18 - 60 years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

•\- 1. Patients clinically diagnosed with schizophrenia (F20 according to ICD-11) for a period more than 2 years receiving antipsychotics.
•2\. Moderate to severe symptoms (PANSS score \>75 and/or CGI-SGH score \>4) 3. Patients of both sex 18-60 years 4. Right-handed. 5. Legally authorized representative (LAR) giving voluntary written consent for participation in the study.

•1\. Patients with chance of pregnancy. 2. Any psychiatric emergency (e.g. suicidal risk, catatonia, prolonged nutritional deprivation) or others (e.g.: aggression or excitement) 3. Co-morbid neurological disease: i) History of migraine. ii) History of seizure/epilepsy. iii) History of head trauma or organic disease.
•4\. Any contraindication to tDCS procedure: i) Injury or local lesion in the scalp/head ii) Metallic implants in the head iii) Implanted brain medical devices 5. Left-handed.