Dr. Brown's Psych Commute

#22 FDA Approves At-Home Brain Stimulation for Depression


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There’s a new FDA-approved treatment for depression that you can do entirely at home called the FL-100 device by Flow Neuroscience.

In this episode, I talk about transcranial direct current stimulation, or tDCS, a low-level brain stimulation technique that’s been around for years but just received FDA approval based on a large clinical trial. I break down how it works, what the data actually show, how it compares to antidepressants, and why the results are both promising and a little confusing.



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Dr. Brown's Psych CommuteBy Brandon Lee Brown, MD