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What TMS Does for OCD
What TMS Does for OCD The experience of OCD is worse than it might sound. Plus, OCD is one of the more common mental health disorders. Tragically, it’s also one of the most debilitating when it comes to daily life, surpassed only by bipolar disorder and drug addiction. Millions of people [...]
NeuroStar Now Approved to Treat OCD
Rochester Holistic Psychiatry has momentous news: We can now offer transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)! Our NeuroStar equipment has just been cleared as safe and effective to use for our patients with OCD. We could not be happier. For a long time, using TMS to treat OCD was [...]
How to Prepare for Your TMS Session
How to Prepare for Your TMS Session So, you’ve been to your general physician to talk about your depressive symptoms. They’ve ruled out non-contributing factors, made recommendations, and referred you to mental health professionals like a psychiatrist, possibly a therapist too. The diagnosis is in: MDD, or major depressive disorder. The journey [...]
Pros and Cons of ECT and TMS, Part 1
Pros and Cons of ECT and TMS, Part 1 We get a lot of questions about how brain stimulation and neuromodulation work, and we celebrate that. We want to make sure that our patients are informed at every step of the process, from the initial call to treatment to follow-up. Always ask [...]
TMS and Parkinson’s Disease
TMS and Parkinson’s Disease We offer TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) as an FDA-approved treatment for MDD (major depressive disorder), but studies are underway all the time to determine what else could be done with TMS to help patients with a multitude of disorders. Parkinson’s disease is one of these disorders being studied. [...]
Pros and Cons of ECT and TMS, Part 1
Pros and Cons of ECT and TMS, Part 1 We get a lot of questions about how brain stimulation and neuromodulation work, and we celebrate that. We want to make sure that our patients are informed at every step of the process, from the initial call to treatment to follow-up. Always ask [...]