Magnet Therapy: Good For Chronic Depression

Posted by Christina Crease

at July 14, 2008

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Depression is present at every corner of the world and any person can come into the trap of it at any age. It is a chronic disorder that severely hit the mind and body of the person. The reasons for the occurrence of depression are excessive office work load, score well in studies, and downfall in business and financial problems in home etc. A person can prevent himself from depression state through medications, exercises, therapies like dark, light and drug therapy.

There are some people who are unable to get positive response from drug therapy as compared to other preventive measures. For them, there is an effective relief from repetitive Trancranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS). It is a non invasive treatment that changes the electrical activities of brain with the use of magnetic fields.

Initially, rTMS had been experienced by 16 patients who did not get any benefit with conventional therapies but they responded well to a repeated 10 day course of rTMS. The study was conducted on them for 4 years and for the whole time period they had 64 bouts of depression. The depression was analyzed before and after each rTMS treatment period with the use of a small questionnaire that is named as Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D). A treatment is stated as a 50% or much reduction in the HAM-D score. Around one-half of the patients got positive response of the repetitive courses of rTMS. The patients of rTMS treatment went for around 43 months without any requirement of antidepressant medications.

With these real life examples, you can conclude the effectiveness of rTMS treatment. If you are one of the patients of depression who are unable to cope up with the medicines, then it is advisable to give it a try to rTMS treatment once.

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