1. Introduction
compulsive disorder, OCD, psychiatric disorder
Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common psychiatric disorder afflicting 2.5%–3% of the general population [A theta-burst stimulation (TBS) modality was recently introduced that takes less time and may have longer-lasting effects. This accelerated high-dose TBS (ahTBS) [The purpose of this study was to investigate whether optimizing the rTMS protocol in the real-world clinical setting can improve OCD treatment efficacy. In routine clinical practice, TMS is usually used in combination with medication. However, most previous studies exploring the efficacy of TMS were conducted in a strict laboratory setting while controlling the drug dose period prior to treatment [