Attractive Therapy: Magnetic Brain Stimulation Gaining Favor as Treatment for Depression

Written by Scientific American Topic - Depression on August 30, 2010 – 4:38 pm -

Treatment of severe depression with magnetic stimulation is moving beyond large mental health centers and into private practices nationwide, following more than two decades of research on the treatment. Yet even as concern about its efficacy fades, one potential side effect--seizures--continues to shadow the technology. [More]

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