Tag: Depression
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: A Novel Antidepressive Strategy
Results of this study led researchers to conclude that patients suffering from major depression experienced a significant reduction of depressive symptoms following treatment with transcranial…
Treatment of Neurotic Depression with a Help of Extremely High Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation
This study examined the effects of millimeter wave (MW) therapy as a supplemental treatment in patients suffering from various types of depression. MW therapy involved…
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as Therapy for Depression and Other Disorders
This review article examined the literature concerning the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of depression. Results showed the highfrequency, repetitive transcranial magnetic…
Combining high and low frequencies in rTMS antidepressive treatment: preliminary results
Abstract The antidepressive potency of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) seems to depend on variables such as the stimulation placements, different frequencies, stimulus intensities, coil…
Three and six-month outcome following courses of either ECT or rTMS in a population of severely depressed individuals–preliminary report
Abstract BACKGROUND: Recent studies have strengthened the claim that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is an effective treatment for major depression. The longitudinal outcome of…
Transcranial magnetic stimulation in depression [French]
Abstract Among the new therapeutic techniques in psychiatry, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) seems to bring a profit in the treatment of depressions. It uses the…
Transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression and other psychiatric disorders
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been proposed as a possible alternative to electroconvulsive therapy for the treatment of selected patients with depression,…
A meta-analysis of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of depression
Abstract BACKGROUND: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has recently been demonstrated to have antidepressant effects. Some work suggests that rTMS over prefrontal cortex administered to…
Comparison of unlimited numbers of rapid transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and ECT treatment sessions in major depressive episode
Abstract Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a new technology which holds promise as a treatment of psychiatric disorders. Most work to date has been…
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. A method in the treatment of depressions [Danish]
Abstract Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has been used as a diagnostic tool in neurology for more than a decade. Recent research indicates that it when…