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ECT uses square pulses with pulse widths ranging from 0.25–1 ms. Clinical trials have shown that ultra-brief pulse width of less than 0.5 ms causes significantly fewer adverse effects compared to longer pulse widths but can be equally effective in treating depression when delivered at a ...
People suffering from depression, for whom no other techniques have been effective, may try transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).TMS is a noninvasive procedurein which magnetic fields are used to stimulate nerves in the brain, activating regions that have decreased activity in depression. Antidepres...
Treatment approaches to disorders of behavioural addiction are beginning to emerge. In this paper we provide a narrative review of the growing range of treatment approaches for the less well understood compulsive facets, including compulsions and the associated latent phenotypes, such as cognitive domain...
For starters, this condition is taken so seriously due to the potential danger it can cause. From the Ancient Greeks, to Freud, to 20th-Century scientists, depression has been understood to be about an unyielding low mood that may appear even without experiencing an external catastrophe that ...
Though TMS has been shown to be both safe and effective in alleviating symptoms of depression, certainlimitationshave been shown in regard to this original, standard form of TMS: first, the figure 8-coil’s relatively narrow scope means that standard TMS can only regulate a few structures at ...
The typical course of treatment for people with Parkinson's involves medication that increases levels of dopamine, which helps control movement and emotions, in the brain. However, these medications become less effective at providing reliable symptom control over time. Though DBS is used in combin...
We provide effective treatment for the following conditions: Major Depressive Disorders, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Bipolar Depression, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Chronic Migraines, Severe Anxiety, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Syndromes...
Or you seem to actually be getting worse and maybe what we’re doing is not effective. Maybe we got the wrong diagnosis and it’s really important to catch those things. And I think too often clinicians, to a lesser extent I’d argue scientists because we’re supposed to be tr...