Treatment for Depression
Treatment of Depression
Abstract
Depression affects many people around the world. Depression can be described as feeling sad, lost, angry, and frustrated. Today, antidepressants are the main way to treat depression. Researchers are working on a new treatment to better help people with depression. This treatment is called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). Researchers want to know how TMS can be used, and what type of depression patients they want to use it on. Studies have helped narrow down the facts of depression and the effect of TMS. The future of TMS is still unclear but one day it will provide a new era of treatment for depression.
According to the center for disease control , one in ten adults has depression (Centers for disease, 2011). Depression can be described as feeling sad, lost, angry, and frustrated. Everyone occasionally feels this way but these feelings are brief (NIMH, 2010). A person with true depression has these feelings which interfere with everyday life. There are many different types of depression but the most common and most severe type of depression is Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), or major depression. Major depression is common, recurrent and a leading contributor to functional impairment (Janicak, Nahas, Lisanby, Solvason, Sampson & McDonald, 2010). Because depression is such an extensive disorder, there are many drug treatments (antidepressants) out to try and accommodate for depression. These drugs, while helping some, do not help others; it is estimated that 20% to 40% of patients do not benefit or are unable to tolerate standard treatments (Janicak, Nahas, Lisanby, Solvason, Sampson & McDonald, 2010). In order help everyone, researchers have been looking for new treatments that do not use drugs. Today, studies are focusing on a new treatment. This treatment is Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). TMS is a noninvasive technique for stimulating the cerebral cortex and altering cortical and subcortical
Abstract
Depression affects many people around the world. Depression can be described as feeling sad, lost, angry, and frustrated. Today, antidepressants are the main way to treat depression. Researchers are working on a new treatment to better help people with depression. This treatment is called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). Researchers want to know how TMS can be used, and what type of depression patients they want to use it on. Studies have helped narrow down the facts of depression and the effect of TMS. The future of TMS is still unclear but one day it will provide a new era of treatment for depression.
According to the center for disease control , one in ten adults has depression (Centers for disease, 2011). Depression can be described as feeling sad, lost, angry, and frustrated. Everyone occasionally feels this way but these feelings are brief (NIMH, 2010). A person with true depression has these feelings which interfere with everyday life. There are many different types of depression but the most common and most severe type of depression is Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), or major depression. Major depression is common, recurrent and a leading contributor to functional impairment (Janicak, Nahas, Lisanby, Solvason, Sampson & McDonald, 2010). Because depression is such an extensive disorder, there are many drug treatments (antidepressants) out to try and accommodate for depression. These drugs, while helping some, do not help others; it is estimated that 20% to 40% of patients do not benefit or are unable to tolerate standard treatments (Janicak, Nahas, Lisanby, Solvason, Sampson & McDonald, 2010). In order help everyone, researchers have been looking for new treatments that do not use drugs. Today, studies are focusing on a new treatment. This treatment is Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). TMS is a noninvasive technique for stimulating the cerebral cortex and altering cortical and subcortical
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