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- A new treatment for major depressive disorders could be the cure for the 30% of psychiatric patients who experience treatment-resistant depression.
- Stanford University School of Medicine conducted a study using neuromodulation therapy - a form of non-invasive brain stimulation that sends powerful magnetic energy to the brain to activate underactive neurons.
- The study found that after five days, nearly 80% of those who used the therapy were no longer depressed.
- One of the study's authors wrote "We want to get this into emergency departments and psychiatric wards where we can treat people who are in a psychiatric emergency. The period right after hospitalization is when there's the highest risk of suicide."