TMS and depression

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about TMS
and depression

What is depression?

Clinical explanation

Depression is a common mental illness. According to the WHO, an estimated 3.8% of the global population experience it. Around 30% of people do not improve with medication or other types of treatment – this type is often referred to as treatment resistant depression or MDD (major depressive disorder).
During depression, the brain is not operating at full capacity in the areas responsible for emotion and emotional regulation. The emotional control center of the brain is less active or even in-active. Signals along the neural pathways to and from the brain that would normally regulate moods and emotions do not work properly when a person is clinically depressed.

How TMS works

How TMS works in depression

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy works by sending short magnetic pulses to target the exact areas of the brain affected by depression – stimulating and activating these neural pathways so that the inactive signals begin firing and working again, thus, restoring the emotional control center.

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