Forbes August 23, 2024
Modern treatments for depression have been evolving throughout the past few decades.
In the historical context, it wasn’t long ago when hospitals were performing lobotomies on patients, but these days, that seems like the stuff of a horror film; deeply intrusive, damaging to the brain tissue, and comparatively primitive.
Since the 1940s, the common treatment became electroconvulsive therapy, which could lead to seizures and had a dramatic impact on the brain’s overall function, sometimes with deep side effects that, again, inspire a sense of terror.
Since its invention in 1985, and 2008 FDA approval for severe, or treatment resistant depression (TRD), more recently, there is a non-invasive process called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation or TMS. In this method, Doctors place a...
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