A Revolution in Depression Care? Take a Seat!
Answering crucial questions about office furniture for the future of mental health care.
Recently, the device manufacturer BrainsWay announced remarkable research findings— and a new FDA clearance. We have multiple personalized treatments for depression using no medicines. First, it was FDA clearance of remarkable work by Magnus Medical and Acacia Clinics bringing the work pioneered at Stanford’s Brain Stimulation Lab to the world1…and now, there is even more HOPE.
That’s right. We now have more than one brain stimulation treatment with published evidence for treatment resistant depression!
In the research that follows, there are different 2 “coils”—each placed in a helmet commercially available from BrainsWay to treat depression. They target different parts of the brain—the left frontal cortex and the middle frontal cortex.
The treatment involves measuring how much energy to provide— then there’s a repeated tapping sensation on your head—and 8 1/2 -20 minutes later, the treatment is over. But which one to use? First, they compared them—look, I know this is a terrible…