Psychiatry & TMS Blog
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Reboot the brain for depression
Stacey Colino discusses the increasing use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for a variety of disorders! https://health.usnews.com/health-care/patient-advice/articles/2017-10-11/rebooting-the-brain-with-transcranial-magnetic-stimulation For many, placing your...
Treatment for depression and addiction
Israeli medtech firm aims to tackle depression, opioid use with noninvasive brain stimulation About 4.5 million Americans have treatment resistant depression. Meaning the first 2+ rounds of medication management and therapy have not been sufficiently helpful. Per the...
A game changer for OCD?!
This is the first FDA-cleared treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder in a decade. OCD used to be jokingly called “Death Valley” as it is known that long periods of time tend to pass before more treatments are offered and OCD is notorious for how stubborn the...
Dr. Byrne does a demonstration of deep TMS
Dr. Jennie Byrne of Cognitive Psychiatry of Chapel Hill does a demonstration and explanation of TMS. Deep TMS is a treatment for treatment resistant depression. Generally a patient starts with an appointment for a consultation with a physician to talk about the...
TMS in the veteran population!
According to the linked article, at the Hampton Veternas Affairs Medical Center, Dr. Kenneth Miller is investigating if transcranial magnetic stimulation can be used to treat depression that failed to respond to conventional methods. Dr. Miller performed a...
New Westboro clinic zaps depression with magnetic pulses
https://www.telegram.com/news/20171217/new-westboro-clinic-treats-depression-with-magnetic-pulses This is a story of Reed Butler, someone who has made a living as a rhythm and blues musician. Unfortunately, like many, he endured several trials of antidepressants. He’d...
Reshape Brain Disorder Treatments
This site discusses how deep TMS is reshaping the treatment of brain disorders! Although Brainsway is known for their treatment options for depression and OCD, other disorders are very actively being explored. This company was chosen by the FDA to participate in the...
Can a helmet treat depression better than medication?
Unfortunately, millions of Americans suffer from treatment resistant depression (TRD). In other words, they have experienced at least 2 failed trials of antidepressants. According to the Star*D data, by the time a patient enters their third round of an antidepressant...
Lesser known symptoms of depression
Summarized are points from the clip above.Many of us are familiar that depression can be associated with sadness and apathy. But people are less familiar with other symptoms that can be linked with depression such as irritability, anger, overwhelming guilt,...
Depression, all too often under-recognized, under-treated
Symptoms can include losing interest in your usual hobbies or activities. Some individuals describe it as feeling unmotivated to even do the most basic things. In extreme cases, depressed individuals can find it hard to even get out of bed. People can feel tired all...