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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…
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![Different Response Patterns to TMS Treatment for Major Depression Point to Possibility of Individualized Treatments](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/abstractfuturisticlinesdotsgridintertwiningweb-1440-short_1.jpg?itok=q97tq6zN)
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…
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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…
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![What Is Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Treatment and How Well does It Work?](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/neuroncellsnetworkconcept-1440-short_0.jpg?itok=X3htBAnL)
“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…
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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS), a therapy in which electromagnetic fields are pulsed through a coil placed on the scalp, can produce antidepressant effects in individuals who are…
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