Brain stimulation therapies use electrical currents to alter the brain’s activity. They can treat conditions such as major depression and substance misuse disorder. However, side effects such as headaches, dizziness, and memory loss are possible. Doctors may recommend brain stimulation therapies to treat severe mental health conditions when other treatments, such as psychotherapy and medication,...
Category: <span>Transcranial stimulation</span>
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Noninvasive brain stimulation leads to fine motor improvement after stroke
Stroke is common and accompanied by complex disabilities–such as lower and upper limb disability, speech impairment, and chronic post-stroke pain. An analysis of published studies found that non-invasive brain stimulation may have beneficial effects on fine motor movement in stroke patients and healthy participants. The findings are published in the European Journal of Neurology. The meta-analysis...
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Brain stimulation reduces suicidal thinking in people with hard-to-treat depression
Findings indicate promising directions to prevent suicide across mental illnesses TORONTO, MAY 3, 2018 – A specific kind of brain stimulation is effective in reducing suicidal thinking in a significant portion of people with hard-to-treat depression, according to a new CAMH study published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Forty per cent of people in the study reported...
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Three-minute version of brain stimulation therapy effective for hard-to-treat depression
In the largest study of its kind, a three-minute version of a brain stimulation treatment was shown to be just as effective as the standard 37-minute version for hard-to-treat depression. These results were published in a new Canadian study in The Lancet co-led by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the University Health Network’s...