Clinical utility of add-on transcranial direct current stimulation for binge eating disorder with obesity in schizophrenia

Abstract

Over the recent years, there has been an increasing application of noninvasive brain stimulation techniques such as transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) to modify eating behaviors in healthy population and persons with eating disorders. tDCS is a noninvasive, neuromodulatory intervention which is well-tolerated and safe. In this case report, we describe the successful application of add-on tDCS in a patient with schizophrenia to reduce the craving for food that in turn, helped in reversing the weight gain.

Keywords

• Binge eating disorder
• obesity
• schizophrenia
• transcranial direct-current stimulation