tDCS evidence
Woodham, R.D., Selvaraj, S., Lajmi, N. et al.
| October 2024
A ten-week double-blinded randomised control trial to evaluate the effectiveness and tolerability of the Flow tDCS device with an additional ten-week follow-up
Griffiths, C., da Silva, K. M., Mobee-Dumi, A., Gill, A. K., & Ibrahim, D.
| June 2025
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and Online Wellbeing Training Used at Home for Perinatal and Maternal Loss Patients with a Diagnosis of Depression: Depression, Real World-Functioning, and Quality of Life Outcomes
Silva, K., Griffiths, C., Banazadeh, A. and Mu, M.
| April 2025
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Used at Home for People with a Diagnosis of Depression: Sleep Quality Outcomes
Griffiths, C., McIlhiney, W., Evans, A., O'Neill-Kerr, A., et al.
| November 2024
Impact of Flow tDCS for Depression Treatment in a Community Mental Health Team Service: Depression, Functioning, and Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes
Griffiths, C., Abdalla, S., Mcconnochie, M., Jiang, H.
| November 2024
Impact of Self-Administered Flow tDCS Depression Treatment in a Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment Service: Functioning and Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes
Griffiths, C., McIlhiney, W., O'Neill-Kerr, A., Walker, K., and Stringer
| August 2024
Feasibility and impact review of at-home Flow treatment for CMHT patients
Griffiths, C., Jiang, H., Smart, D., Zafar, A.
| July 2024
Flow tDCS can effectively and efficiently be delivered through a primary healthcare general practice service and patients will choose to use
Baukaite, E., Noel-Johnson, A., Walker, K., Griffiths, C.
| June 2024
Experiences and Value of Flow; Used at Home for Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service and Maternal Loss Psychology Service Patients with Depression
Griffiths, C., Maravic da Silva, K., Jiang, H., Smart, D., and Zafar, A.
| May 2024
Flow for Depression Treatment in a Primary Healthcare General Practice—Depression, Functioning, and Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes
Griffiths, C., Walker, K., Willis, A.
| February 2024
Qualitative Study Exploring the Experience and Value of Flow - Community Mental Health
Griffiths, C., Walker, K., Jiang, H., Noel-Johnson, A. and Zafar, A.
| November 2023
Qualitative Study Exploring the Experience and Value of Flow - Primary Care
Additional studies
showcasing Flow
Woodham et al.
| November 2023
Home-based tDCS is a potential first line treatment for MDD that is acceptable and safe
Sobral et al.
| October 2022
Using Flow home-based tDCS in clinical practice; case series
Woodham et al.
| September 2022
Is Flow a potential first line of treatment for depression?
Rimmer et al.
| May 2022
Participants in open-label trial "would very strongly recommend" Flow
Borrione et al.
| April 2021
Open label study showed substantial improvements in 80% of participants
Borrione et al.
| September 2020
Computational modeling of the Flow headset stimulation parameters and montage
Additional studies
reviewing tDCS
Moffa et al.
| April 2020
A meta-analysis: tDCS was an effective intervention in reducing depressive symptoms
Razza et al.
| February 2020
An analysis of 23 clinical trials with 1092 patients, showing that tDCS is superior to placebo/sham
Chhabra et al.
| February 2020
Side effects from tDCS are mild, transient and well-tolerated
Wang et al.
| June 2019
A meta-analysis: the intervention of tDCS was superior to the use of sham tDCS
Pavlova et al.
| December 2017
30-minute tDCS sessions lead to better outcomes than 20-minute sessions
Brunoni et al.
| June 2017
Study including 245 patients, comparing tDCS with a common antidepressant
Bikson et al.
| June 2016
No serious adverse events were found across 33,200 tDCS sessions with 1000 users
Brunoni et al.
| April 2013
Combining tDCS and a common antidepressant increases the efficacy of each treatment
Overview
Suggested Flow Neuroscience Treatment Pathway
| November 2024
Treatment Schedule Guide to support personalised patient care
Flow patient profiles
| September 2024
Collection of patient examples from real-world clinical cases
Webinars
Deep dive into Neuromodulation
What can 2mA really do?
An exclusive look at how Professor Alex ONeill-Kerr utilises TMS and tDCS.
During this 60min webinar, hear more about his experiences using Flow in his private practice and the following topics:Â
- Key differences between TMS and tDCS
- Innovative approaches for enhanced patient outcomes
- Real-world patient examples
- Open Q&A session
This webinar is intended for educational use only. Also available here.
Flow in the Private Practice
Hear directly from Dr. Hannah Nearney and Dr. Kultar Garcha as they share their first-hand experiences with integrating Flow Neuroscience into their private practices and patient care strategies.
Delving into topics such as:
- What aspects of Flow they find most beneficial in their practice
- Why they have chosen to incorporate Flow into their treatment protocols
- Patient demographics they have successfully treated with Flow
- Open Q&A session
This webinar offers invaluable insights into the practical applications of Flow Neuroscience, directly from those who have witnessed its impact in clinical settings. Also available here.
Contraindications
and side-effects of Flow
Flow Neuroscience's Global Medical Director, Dr. Kultar Garcha, provides an update regarding Flow's contraindications, warnings, and side-effects.
Watch this webinar to learn more on:
- tDCS side-effects from the literature and clinical trial
- Flow side-effects from real-world data
- What's changed with Flow's contraindications and warnings?
Overview of long-term usage
and Flow treatment schedules
Flow Neuroscience's Clinical Lead, Hanna Silva, shares insights about Flow's stimulation schedule and long-term usage.
Specifically:
- Overview of the Flow treatment schedule
- What does the evidence say about long-term usage of tDCS?
- Alternative stimulation schedule recommendations
- Open Q&A
In-clinic resources
Patient Getting Started Guide
| January 2023
Online guide reviewing what to expect from Day 1 to week 1 to month 1 with Flow
Patient Brochure
| June 2024
Everything your patient may need to know in one place
Educational video
| January 2023
What is tDCS? An overview look at how and why tDCS works
Marketing material
Flow Neuroscience
| February 2024
Collection of Flow and patient images available for use