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Apr 2023
39m 11s

The promise of brain stimulation treatme...

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has been a treatment option for people with major depression since it was approved by the FDA in 2008. Today, it is also used to treat obsessive compulsive disorder and anxiety and for smoking cessation. Sarah “Holly” Lisanby, MD, director of the Noninvasive Neuromodulation Unit at the National Institute of Mental Heal ... Show More
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