c/health · by RegularJoe@lemmy.world · 165d

This 5-Day Brain Treatment Is Giving People With Depression New Hope

https://scitechdaily.com/this-5-day-brain-treatment-is-giving-people-with-depression-new-hope/

10 points · 4 comments · view on lemmy.world

4 Comments

dparticiple@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 165d (3 replies)

De-clickbaiting: "For many people living with depression, medications do not provide enough relief. In these cases, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has become an important alternative..."

protist@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 165d (2 replies)

Thank you for this. TMS has been around for a long time now and this is not news

MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 165d (1 reply)

When I went it was a 6 week course. Could be the 5-day part of the headline is the new part. Not particularly interested in clicking that generic-ass URL to find out though.

IronBird@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 165d

A new study from UCLA Health suggests that compressing six weeks of transcranial magnetic stimulation into a single intensive five-day protocol may offer comparable symptom relief for many patients

pretty much