Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS therapy) is a non-invasive way of stimulating your brain. For this reason, it’s only used after things like antidepressants and psychotherapy have proven ineffective. TMS treatment is delivered via an electromagnetic coil that’s placed over the region of your brain that’s involved with creating feelings of depression. This device generates a …
There are a lot of people who feel like COVID-19 is a type of clinical depression. This is because winter has been dragging on leaving people curled up inside eating too much comfort food. It also feels a lot like “Groundhog Day”. With such feelings of oppression and emptiness, the last thing you may want …
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There are more than 5,200 patients who have been evaluated by the NeuroStar TMS Outcomes Registry since it was first created in September 2016. As such, this registry has become the largest data set available having to do with Major Depressive Disorder. Response Rates of NeuroStar Herein you’ll find a lot of data that has …
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In the 1930s Hans Selye coined the term stress, defining it as the body’s unspecific response when change is demanded from it. He believed that this pressure generates the necessary motivation to adjust behavior and in this way, it could be either good or bad. For instance, when we have a little bit of it …
There is a new mental health drive in St. Petersburg these days and it uses murals together with just two simple words for making sure that people keep the same condition of their mental health as before. This campaign is called “You Good?” and it is a local network from mental health services. The campaign …
Feeling hopeless can leave you feeling debilitated. There are many reasons why you may be feeling this way (e.g. grief, unhappiness at work, health issues) but regardless of why you’re suffering from hopelessness, the symptoms will still look the same. You’ll feel alone, sad, stuck, unable to function, tearful, and may even find yourself shutting …
When your phone prompts you to switch to low battery mode it’s similar to how your body is feeling when it is depressed. This isn’t something we think about much because we’re more familiar with symptoms, not causes. We do our best to medicate the mood without thinking much about why we’re feeling this mood …
Many people struggle in the wintertime because the cold and dark make them feel isolated. It can also make you feel quite blah and can oftentimes result in seasonal depression. At other times you may just find yourself struggling because you’re going through a major transition in your life (e.g. a breakup, divorce, move, loss …
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Bipolar is associated with mood swings ranging from depressive lows to manic highs. The course of bipolar disorder differs greatly between men and women. For women, there are more depressive mixed or rapid cycling episodes. This means that any manic episodes they experience aren’t as severe. It also means that their depressive episodes last longer. …
Sometimes it takes an evidence-based source of motivation to help us get in shape or stay fit. Today this may come in the form of a recent 7-year study that looked at over 150,000 people. The study found that those who had a higher aerobic or muscular fitness level are much less likely to suffer …
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