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At-Home Electrical Brain Stimulation For Depression


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Neuroscientists in London and Texas now report the successful management of major depression using at-home application of transcranial direct current electrical stimulation.  A total of 174 subjects with depression participated in the 10 week trial.  Half of the group received 30 minute at-home electrical stimulations with a week current between two electrodes while the other half, the controls, received sham stimulation.


Those receiving true stimulation enjoyed a 3-fold greater improvement in their depression severity.  The rate of depression remission was twice as high for the treatment group versus the controls.


At-home electrical stimulation offers another mode of therapy to those depressed individuals who either have side effects with medications or fail to respond to them.


https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03305-y


#depression #transcranial #dcstimulation #home


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Dr. Howard Smith ReportsBy Howard G. Smith MD, AM