The Devices Are Coming! Depression Treated At-Home Without Meds?
A new publication begs the question: is this then end of psychopharmacology?
This newsletter has a perspective that is “fair and balanced.” Okay, that is a lie. The Frontier Psychiatrists barely tolerated less-than-effective oral medicines with painful adverse effect profiles. Heck, I wrote a whole book called Inessential Pharmacology (Amazon affiliate link) on the topic!
Our editorial point of view is that medical devices that modulate the brain will be the future. Unlike Elon Musk and his “it’s coming” drum beat—my car didn't’ drive itself to end my lease after all—the medical device scientists, despite headwinds, keep bringing new innovations to market and publishing groundbreaking papers. This week is no different. Nature Medicine—which, I'm told, is an important publication with an impact factor in 2023 is 58.7—just published a trial titled: