TMS Is A Proven, Safe And Low Side-Effect Treatment Method
Image Source: Reliant Family Psychiatry Although there are many different forms of therapy for treating depression, in individual cases these can be unsatisfactory due to a lack of effectiveness. Transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS for short, offers a new form of treatment, complementary or alternative to other forms of therapy. TMS is free of the side effects typically associated with antidepressant medications, including weight gain, fatigue or sexual dysfunction. TMS has been used successfully in many therapy studies worldwide. New stimulation protocols such as theta burst stimulation (TBS) now make it possible for the therapeutic effect of a 45-minute stimulation session to be achieved after just 3 minutes . What exactly happens during transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)? In TMS, a magnetic coil is placed on the head. The series of pulses emitted by the coil stimulate nerve cell activity. In this way, the network disturbance that is currently thought to underlie depr...