effectiveness of direct electrical stimulation from the skull on depression symptoms in male patients with post-traumatic stress disorder due to war

Purpose: the purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of direct electrical stimulation from the skull on depression symptoms in men suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder in war. the research design was a semi-experimental design with repeated tests. methodology: the sample included 15 patients with post-traumatic stress disorder men who were admitted to the delaram psychiatric hospital and were voluntarily and voluntarily selected. findings: the instrument used in this study was beck's 21-item depression questionnaire. subjects were first subjected to pretest and then subjects received 12 sessions of electrical stimulation therapy (tdcs). after receiving each 4 sessions of treatment, subjects were assessed once by a depression questionnaire. discussion: the results showed that the difference in mean scores of subjects in different levels of application of independent variable was significant (p <0.001). the symptoms of depression in subjects with repeated actions of electrical stimulation from the skull have decreased relative to the pre-test.