Transcranial magnetic stimulation can treat depression: Research suggests it could also help autism, ADHD and OCD

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Transcranial magnetic stimulation can treat depression: Research suggests it could also help autism, ADHD and OCD
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Since the start of the COVID pandemic, there has been more attention given to problems of mental ill-health including depression than ever before. A new therapeutic option, especially for depression, transcranial magnetic stimulation, is slowly helping to address some of these considerable unmet needs in our community.

. The initial trial of this approach showed at least a doubling of the percentage of patients who did not smoke over the first six weeks.

, are conducting world-leading research trying to develop ways of using transcranial magnetic stimulation to help adolescent and adult patients with autism, especially to improve capacity for social understanding and interaction. . This is now being applied to see if it can improve attention for patients with ADHD. For now, this research remains in its infancy.on the persistence of effects and the need for maintenance treatment with the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation in depression is patchy. Research is looking at whether ongoing transcranial magnetic stimulation less often may prevent the recurrence of depression in patients who have responded well.

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