In some cases, in the depressive symptoms of schizophrenia, the phenomenon of mental pain or «vital melancholy» is traced, which often has an obsessive nature and proceeds with suicidal intentions. The low effect of existing methods of therapy of this condition with the help of psychopharmacotherapy is noted. In this study, the authors attempted to additionally influence this symptom complex using binaural stimulation of the brain, along with psychopharmacotherapy. The authors used The Psychache Scale to assess mental pain and measure it numerically, and the PANSS scale to diagnose the clinical symptoms of schizophrenia. In the main group of patients receiving binaural brain stimulation, it was possible to achieve better treatment results for a number of symptoms related to the negative cluster, the cluster of general symptoms and one more additional symptom: emotional lability than in the control group that did not receive this specific additional treatment. The use of binaural brain stimulation in combination with drug therapy has significantly reduced the severity of mental pain in patients with schizophrenia.

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