Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. TMS is a state of the art, FDA approved treatment for depression, which treats this condition by shooting pulses of magnetic waves into a certain section of the brain - the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Unlike the "shock treatments" made infamous in such movies as "One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest," TMS is a remarkably well tolerated treatment, which involves NO anesthesia, NO seizure, NO loss of consciousness, and NO medications. Patients are completely awake throughout the procedure, and actual psychotherapy (or "talk therapy") can be accomplished right during the appointment.
In this very complete presentation, Dr. Cady demonstrates the operation of the equipment, the positioning of the patient, how effective TMS is, the way it works, and its excellent tolerability. He also reviews the process at CWI of "hot-rodding" our TMS machine in creative ways to get maximum amounts of improvement in minimum time (which translates into minimizing the patient's total out of pocket cost).