investigating the effectiveness of repeated and intensified bifrontal transcranial direct current stimulation (tdcs) on the improvement of love trauma syndrome in romantic relationship breakup: a case report

Objective: experiencing stress and emotional disturbances due to ending and separating from a romantic relationship is one of the most painful events for some people. we aimed to evaluate a repetitive transcranial direct current stimulation (tdcs) protocol on a girl experiencing an unmarried relationship break-up.methods: we aimed to evaluate a tdcs protocol to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlpfc) (10 sessions, 2 ma current intensity for 20 minutes, one session each day) on a girl experiencing an unmarried relationship break-up (in iran, the year 2022). in order to evaluate the effect of this protocol, the assessment of love trauma (love trauma inventory (lti), depression (beck depression inventory (bdi-ii), anxiety hamilton anxiety rating scale (ham-a), cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire (cerq) and positive and negative affect schedule (panas) was done at different time intervals, before and after the intervention and follow-up.results: repetitive tdcs stimulation protocol with left anodal/right cathodal dlpfc montage may effectively reduce emotional disturbances after the experience of separating from a romantic relationship and lead to improved mood.conclusion: in order to generalize the introduced stimulation protocol, it is necessary to investigate more in large groups of people who have experienced a romantic relationship breakup.