New Magnetic Device To Treat Depression

American Government has approved a new magnetic device for a treatment of depression. It will be the first noninvasive brain stimulator for this problem. The device will be attached with head. It will transmit magnetic pulses. Physicians are currently practicing techniques of implanting electrodes and shock therapy which have few risks in their practicing. This new device will eliminate all dangers of previous treatments. It has been named as ''Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation'' – TMS. This will be an easy form of treatment but isn’t offered to all patients of depression. It is permitted to use for only those patients who couldn’t get better results from their drugs for depression. It will be a better option for these kinds of patients relieving them from taking pills over pills.
It will be a costly treatment. It is said that device will cost between $6,000 and $10,000. The cost will depend on usage of machine (stage of disease). This price tag is much higher than the medications. This device is not new in brain studies. Neuroscientists have been using it as a tool in their research work over brain activities. Now the scientists are moving a step forward to use this tool to treat the disease.
In the treatment of depression, doctors adjust that machine at left front side of head. A magnet transmits 3,000 pulses in a brain to harness brain activity. This process continues for 40 minutes. Patient needs six week (five days in a week) treatment to complete his course. The treatment is entirely safe with no bad consequences on patient as we see that after shock therapy patient receives memory problems.
Newman was a patient of depression. He told that he was suffering from this problem when he was a boy. He started treatment but medicines and pills made it worse than before. He told that he was thinking about shock therapy treatment when he came to know about TMS. He started it and just after two weeks, he felt a big improvement. Psychiatrists also measured his depression to be better than past.
The research scientists are now moving towards developing noninvasive electrical stimulation techniques for brain. Such type of techniques will be a big breakthrough for these types of problems because many patients hesitate in taking medicines.