Extract from: Expert review of medical devices Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation(rTMS) is currently emerging as one of the first fundamentally new treatments in psychiatric practice for a considerable number of years. Research into the use of rTMS for the treatment of patients with depression has now been conducted for over 15 years. The aim of […]
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A recent study by the Journal of Affective Disorders titled “Clinical outcomes in a large registry of patients with major depressive disorder treated with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation” found that: The NeuroStar Clinical Outcomes Registry documented clinical outcomes in the largest sample of individuals prospectively treated for an episode of major depressive disorder. By both self-report
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Finding the right treatment for depression can be exhausting and demoralising. The three key treatments are antidepressants, therapy and lifestyle changes, but all three take time, and you can expect a few false starts along the way.
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If depression is an evolved adaptation to stress, the immediate question is what possible benefit it could bring. As discussed in the Depression Reflex, it makes evolutionary sense for a creature hit by defeat, loss, or injury to withdraw – a strategic retreat that stops a bad situation from becoming worse.
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One in three people living past 85 get Alzheimer’s Disease. There is no cure, and patients are faced with an inexorable decline that nothing can stop but death. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, or TMS, is one of very few treatments that might alter this grim trajectory.
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