Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a noninvasive procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain. It’s primarily used to treat complex psychiatric illnesses, especially when other treatments haven’t been effective.
TMS uses magnetic pulses from a coil on the head to stimulate nerve cells in brain areas linked to mood disorders or OCD. Repeated stimulation of these regions can help alleviate symptoms of depression and OCD.
Yale Interventional Psychiatry Service (IPS) has acquired a new device that dramatically reduces patients’ time undergoing TMS. This new method, ‘Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation,’ is as effective as standard TMS but delivered much more efficiently.
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The MagVenture TMS Therapy system has shortened the TMS delivery time for most depression patients from 39 minutes to just three minutes per day.
Rachel Katz, MD, assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and co-director of the TMS service, said, “In terms of patient experience and logistics, it makes it much more feasible for patients. The shorter treatment time is more convenient and better tolerated.”
“People are getting better. We’ve had good results so far. People find the shortening of the (treatment) time more appealing.”
