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Knowledge and attitude towards TMS: a brief educational intervention
Author(s) -
Yonel Hakan,
Abdelghani Mohamed
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.557
Subject(s) - transcranial magnetic stimulation , nice , psychology , intervention (counseling) , depression (economics) , medicine , neuroscience , psychiatry , stimulation , computer science , economics , macroeconomics , programming language
In December 2015 NICE recognised the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) as a viable option in the management of treatment‐resistant depression. Despite this, uptake of the technique has been slow and only a small number of machines are currently in use across the UK. Here the authors describe an educational initiative to increase clinicians’ knowledge of TMS.