Interventional Psychiatry for Anxiety at New Frontiers Psychiatry in Milwaukee
Relatively new Interventional Psychiatric techniques are showing considerable promise for alleviating anxiety. Patients are increasingly seeking out Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Ketamine infusions. In particular, patients who have proven to be...
When to Take Seasonal Affective Disorder Seriously: A Look at TMS for SAD
Many people’s daily rhythm changes in the winter. People tend to sleep longer, eat more, feel fatigued, and have low energy. In some cases, these symptoms can be markers for SAD, or Seasonal Affective Disorder. SAD is a form of depression that encompasses many of...
How Magnets are Treating Depression at a High Success Rate
If you suffer from depression, you may qualify for a new treatment that uses magnets, and has a high success rate for complete remission! David A. Kent, MD and founder or NuMe TMS Clinic, gave us a demonstration of this new technology. Transcranial magnetic...
“I have so much hope”: How deep transcranial magnetic stimulation changed one woman’s life
Antidepressant medications and psychotherapy are the first-line treatments for depression, which the CDC estimates one out of every six adults will have at some point in their lives. Those treatments, however, don't always work for everyone. In some instances a...
A Glimpse into What Manic Depression Feels Like: Symptoms of this Misunderstood Disorder
Ups and Downs, Highs and Lows Bipolar Disorder, also known as Manic Depression, is characterized by mood swings between mania and a feeling of despair. Some describe this phenomenon as a pendulum between ‘highs and lows’. Despite many people’s misconceptions the...
Three Reasons it’s Worth it to Consider TMS as an Alternative Treatment to Depression
There are different types of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) on the market today. New Frontiers Psychiatry is a Brainsway TMS machine provider and can offer patients rTMS and dTMS. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) is an alternative...
Change your Brain
Our brains are the most complex structure known to all of humanity. There is something you can do right now, that would have immediate positive effects on your attention and mood. And continuing to do it will protect you longitudinally from depression and even...
Deep TMS helped Andrew
This is the story of a patient Andrew, who struggled with depression since his teen years. When depressed, he’d find it hard to do anything. Medication has helped but his depression has been what we call, treatment resistant. And he is not alone. According to a 2015...
FAQs about transcranial magnetic stimulation
Here are some great answers from Dr. Robert McMullen with further input below from our practice about these commonly asked questions. What is the success rate? 01:50 – 02:37 It can vary widely from 1/3 patients experiencing full relief to 80% of patients. This depends...
The low down on esketamine
Touted as potentially one of the most ground breaking findings in psychiatry for decades, we summarize the data the FDA has collected on efficacy and side effects. It is proposed to work by antagonizing the NMDA with facilitates glutamate release and activating AMPA....