Jan 9, 2024
When it comes to cutting-edge medical treatments like TMS, our understanding is constantly growing. For patients, the idea of applying a treatment to your brain can be a little unnerving despite the amazing benefits you have heard others are experiencing. If you’ve...
Jan 4, 2024
While transcranial magnetic stimulation is one of the most effective treatment options for depression, especially treatment-resistant depression (TRD), it’s not a cure. Nearly two-thirds of patients achieve positive results with the help of TMS, but depression is...
Dec 27, 2023
New Year’s resolutions always have a way to make you feel you aren’t doing enough. Even if you start on the first of the new year intending to follow through, by February or even March, they are just a distant memory. Part of this is because you don’t have a clear,...
Dec 26, 2023
How Does Sadness Differ From Depression? We often use the terms “I’m sad” or “I’m depressed” so interchangeably that it’s sometimes difficult to see that there are significant and concrete differences between these two emotional responses. We talked with mental health...
Dec 11, 2023
In 2008, the FDA approved transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) as a treatment for depression. However, the FDA has not fully approved it for treating bipolar disorder (BD) but is recognizing treatment options for treatment-resistant depression patients struggling...
Dec 4, 2023
Depression is a mood disorder and mental health problem that the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates affects 3.8% of people, or nearly three million worldwide. Since the global events of 2020, clinical depression rates have reached crisis proportions, especially...
Nov 27, 2023
Depression is a complex mood disorder that impacts every aspect of your life—including your sex life. In the general population, nearly 42% of men report sexual difficulties. One study looking at sexual issues in depressed males found 62.5% experienced sexual...
Nov 23, 2023
What are Some Effective Ways to Decrease Your Risk of Developing Depression? Depression affects over 21 million adults and over 3.7 million youth in the U.S. per year. While there is currently no cure for depression, there are various practices that can help keep...
Nov 20, 2023
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 15% of adults live with a mental disorder, and 12 billion working days are lost annually due to anxiety and depression. Mood disorders have risen at unprecedented rates since 2020, especially depression and anxiety....
Nov 6, 2023
Negative and intrusive thoughts are symptoms of depression. But they also play a significant role in developing the mental health problem. They can create a feedback loop with depressive symptoms, meaning they can trigger or worsen the depressive feelings. In turn,...
