Brain Stimulation

Potential Biomarker May Predict Which Depressed Patients Getting CBT Will Have Added Benefit from tDCS Brain Stimulation
In recent years, researchers have been trying to find ways of making an effective treatment for depression even more effective. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a form of talk therapy, has a… Read More
Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation May Help Some OCD Patients Who Don’t Respond to Medications or Psychotherapy
Uncontrollable, recurring thoughts and behaviors that characterize obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are experienced by 2% to 3% of people. Yet standard treatments—exposure therapy and medicines… Read More
Different Response Patterns to TMS Treatment for Major Depression Point to Possibility of Individualized Treatments
It may soon be possible to make individualized treatment plans for different subsets of patients with treatment-resistant major depression, using a type of non-invasive brain stimulation therapy… Read More
Pioneering TMS Therapy for Depression
Luck, Hard Work...and Crucially Timed BBRF Grants There is a moment in the career of Mark S. George, M.D., that he thinks of as lucky. It changed the course of his life and—though he could not have… Read More
What Is Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Treatment and How Well does It Work?
“The basics of TMS treatment are simple,” says Dr. Mark George, who performed research for more than a decade that led to its approval for treatment-resistant depression in 2008. “You have a patient… Read More