Tag: mental health
Insights from interventional neuroradiologists on coping with severe complications
Given the potentially devastating consequences that can occur if an ischaemic stroke or acute intracranial aneurysm procedure goes wrong, an interventional neuroradiologist’s practice is...
Novel neuromodulation technique could be “gamechanger” in treatment-resistant depression
Stanford accelerated intelligent neuromodulation therapy (SAINT)—a novel, high-dose intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS)—was found to be safe and more effective than sham stimulation in a...
New protocol may reduce need for psychological assessments prior to neuromodulation...
Researchers at Toronto Western Hospital in Canada have proposed a protocol that may precede in-person assessments prior to patients receiving neuromodulation therapies. Their protocol...
Return to work and depressive symptoms in young stroke survivors
Matthias Volz (University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany), Simon Ladwig and Katja Werheid (both Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany) discuss the burden of post-stroke depression...
How stimulation is changing the future of mental health treatment
Daniel Månsson (Flow Neuroscience, Malmö, Sweden) outlines the benefits held by transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) in the treatment of depression—and how clinical evidence supporting...
rTMS found to be “well-accepted” for therapeutic use in psychiatric populations
Psychiatric populations perceive the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for mental health conditions to be beneficial, safe, and no more dangerous...
Largest ever study of depression and anxiety to transform mental health...
Researchers at King’s College London are launching the largest ever single study of depression and anxiety. By recruiting at least 40,000 people in England...
Bleeding stroke survivors at higher risk of depression, dementia
People who survive brain bleeds are at significantly higher risk of later developing depression and dementia, according to research presented at the American Stroke...
