Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy for Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Описание: Published on March 28, 2016

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Presented on March 23, 2016

"Technology meets Psychiatry: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Therapy for Neuropsychiatric Disorders "

Presented by:
Linda L. Carpenter, MD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University
Chief of the Affective Disorders Program at Butler Hospital, Providence, RI

Sponsored by the University of Minnesota

Objectives: Upon completion of the activity, participants should be better able to…
1. Describe the similarities and differences between electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and (repetitive) transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS, or simply “TMS”)
2. Discuss efficacy and safety data for TMS, an FDA-approved central neuromodulatory treatment for medication-resistant major depression; review preliminary data for investigational treatments
3. Contrast the relative merits and disadvantages of TMS versus alternative treatments for pharmacoresistant depression


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