Olympia Center for TMS & Psychiatry
Holistic Mental Health Care
As a psychiatrist, I have been treating patients for well over 10 years. For the past three years I’ve included transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy in my checklist of potential treatments after discovering how beneficial it can be in treating debilitating depression. Now, I use the term “debilitating” very intentionally because the symptoms of clinical depression are …
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive method of brain stimulation which uses magnetic induction forces focusing on a particular area of the brain. The electromagnetic induction is generated from a coil using electricity and these pulses travel through the cranium to its specified receptor area of the brain. Several different methods of brain stimulation …
Abstract Purpose of review After three decades of clinical research on repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), major depressive disorder (MDD) has proven to be the primary field of application. MDD poses a major challenge for health systems worldwide, emphasizing the need for improving clinical efficacy of existing rTMS applications and promoting the development of novel evidence-based rTMS treatment approaches. Recent …
Electroencephalography (EEG) data may be used to predict clinical response to transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in patients with comorbid major depressive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to study data published in the Journal of Affective Disorders. Investigators conducted a prospective, unblinded trial of 5 Hz TMS at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Butler …
My Journey to Finding Effective Treatment for Depression After struggling to find effective treatment for my depression following my previous psychiatrist’s retirement, I moved around and tried multiple psychiatrists in various locations. I tried antidepressants but they had little effect. Eventually, I stumbled upon Dr. Lee and his practice in St. Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Lee …
