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Veteran Eases PTSD Suffering With TMS PLATTE CITY, Mo. — Five years: That’s how long it took for one retired Marine veteran to find the right treatment while battling with post-traumatic stress disorder. But with the help of a lot of people and a promising new technology, he is peeling back the layers of mental …

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 …

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 …