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Transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of psychiatric disorders
Author(s) -
Pridmore Saxby,
Belmaker Robert
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00603.x
Subject(s) - transcranial magnetic stimulation , mania , neuroscience , psychology , depression (economics) , psychiatry , bipolar disorder , stimulation , cognition , economics , macroeconomics
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a new technology that applies the principles of electromagnetism to deliver an electrical field to the cerebral cortices. Well established in diagnostic electrophysiology, TMS is now being studied as a treatment for psychiatric disorders. Evidence suggests this technique is safe and acceptable to patients. The future may see the application of TMS in obsessive–compulsive disorder, post‐traumantic stress disorder and mania. There is strong evidence that it will become an accepted treatment of depression.