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When Depression Meds Don’t Work, This May Help You Turn the Corner

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a noninvasive in-office procedure. Brief magnetic pulses to the brain induces electrical currents that stimulate nerve cells in specific areas of the brain, providing symptom relief for patients with depression and OCD.

Psychiatrist Katherine Scangos adjusts a device over a man's head that is used for transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment.