Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treatment Resistant Depression: Re-establishing connections

A significant number of individuals suffering from major depressive disorder (MDD) fail to achieve an adequate response to currently available treatments and are thus considered to be suffering from treatment resistant depression (TRD). A recent addition to the neurostimulation armamentarium for the treatment of individuals suffering from TRD is repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). rTMS is a non-invasive technique for which accumulated evidence has demonstrated efficacy and safety for TRD (Perera et al.

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