Effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation on depression symptoms and social anxiety of male patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder caused by war

The aim of present research was determine the effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation on depression symptoms and social anxiety of male patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder caused by war. This research design was an experimental and research population was male patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder caused by war that referring to the Delaram psychiatric hospital in 2017 year. Research sample was 15 people that were selected by available sampling method. Participants received 12 sessions transcranial direct current stimulation and before training and after all four training sessions were studied in terms of depression symptoms and social anxiety. To measure depression symptoms and social anxiety, respectively used from the questionnaires of Beck and colleagues depression symptoms (1988) and Connor and colleagues social anxiety (2000). Data were analyzed by repeated measurement method. The findings showed that the transcranial direct current stimulation led to decrease the depression symptoms and social anxiety of male patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder caused by war in compared to pre-training stage (P<0/001). Therefore, the results showed the effectiveness of this method on reducing the depression symptoms and social anxiety in male patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder caused by war.