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
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
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.
Ask your doctor the right questions When a patient considers a certain treatment, there are specific things they want to know: Will this make me
In the twilight of his life, as storm clouds gathered over Europe, Sigmund Freud began the most ambitious and controversial analysis of his career. With Civilisation and its Discontents, Freud put all humankind on the couch, and the neurosis he sought to expel was religion. Psychiatry’s relationship with God has been fractious ever since.
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.
