Patients suffering with hard-to-treat depression may get relief from noninvasive magnetic brain stimulation

Photo caption: Transcranial magnetic stimulation has worked when medication and other therapies have not. Photo credit: Monty Rakusen via Getty Images. Article by Patricia Junquera. The Conversation – November 16, 2022.

Not only is depression a debilitating disease, but it is also widespread. Approximately 20 million adult Americans experience at least one episode of depression per year. Millions of them take medication to treat their depression. But for many, the medications don’t work: Either they have minimal or no effect, or the side effects are intolerable. These patients have what is called treatment-resistant depression. […]

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