Patients say the magnet depression treatment is less debilitating than other therapies.
By Matthew Hill & Jasmine Ketibuah-FoleyA therapy using magnets to treat severe depression is available on the NHS in the West for the first time.repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation treatmentDuring a session, a strong magnetic field is used to stimulate or inhibit different parts of the brain.
Mark Rickman, 60, from Dartmoor deals with bipolar and depression and said rTMS has had a positive impact on him.'Response is variable' "Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression may be used with normal arrangements for clinical governance and audit."Mr Rickman previously tried Electroconvulsive Therapy , where electric shocks cause a brief surge of electrical activity in the brain, but said it was "debilitating" compared to rTMS.
"Whereas with ECT you have to have somebody with you for 24 hours and you can't drive for 12 weeks, so this is a huge difference in terms of the impact on my life."Dr Nathan Maynard, lead consultant psychiatrist for the Taunton rTMS clinic, said up to a third of patients with depression are "clinically treatment resistant"."The patient would be referred to our clinic and I'd assess them, before offering an intensive course of rTMS if appropriate.
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