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2. Transcranial magnetic stimulation - Wikipedia

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   Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a noninvasive neurotherapy, a form of brain stimulation in which a changing magnetic field is used to induce an electric current at a specific area of the brain through electromagnetic induction. An electric pulse generator, or stimulator, is connected to a magnetic coil connected to the scalp. The ...

3. Management of depression - Wikipedia

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   The depression is multifactorial and has been on the increase due to societal pressure, genetic association and increase in use of drugs (Zhang et al. 2016) [full citation needed]. incorporation of nursing in management of depression may seem important in that nursing hold a pivotal role in health care delivery where they are they are the ...

4. Major depressive disorder - Wikipedia

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   This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: Many outdated sources and information (older than five years). Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2024) Medical condition Major depressive disorder Other names Clinical depression, major depression, unipolar depression, unipolar disorder, recurrent depression Sorrowing Old Man (At ...

5. Treatment-resistant depression - Wikipedia

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   Spravato, a nasal spray form of esketamine, was approved by the FDA in 2019 for use in treatment-resistant depression when combined with an oral antidepressant. [15] [16] Some low to moderate quality evidence points to success in the short term (8–12 weeks) using mianserin to augment antidepressant medications. Simply switching to mianserin ...

6. Mark S. George - Wikipedia

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   George received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to use TMS to treat depression. It is thought to be especially effective to treat people whose depression does not respond to antidepressant medications. [3] George has also been integral to the research on using fMRI as a method of lie detection. This research indicates that ...

7. Neurostimulation - Wikipedia

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   Neurostimulation is the purposeful modulation of the nervous system's activity using invasive (e.g. microelectrodes) or non-invasive means (e.g. transcranial magnetic stimulation, transcranial electric stimulation such as tDCS or tACS). Neurostimulation usually refers to the electromagnetic approaches to neuromodulation.