TMS - A brief history

Send us a textI wanted to do this episode, because when I did my episodes on electroconvulsive therapy (or ECT), I feel like I sounded a tiddly-bit dismissive of it, and I wanted to clarify what I meant when I said, “TMS, short for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Brain, as of yet is not nearly as efficacious as ECT.” If you haven’t listened to the ECT episodes, you should still be able to follow this discussion, so don’t feel left out. I give a history of TMS development,...

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A resource for psychiatrists and other medical or behavioral health professionals interested in exploring the neuroscientific basis of psychiatric disorders, psychopharmacology, neuromodulation, and other psychiatric interventions, as well as discussions of pseudoscience, Bayesian reasoning, ethics, the history of psychiatry, and human psychology in general.This podcast is not medical advice.  It strives to be science communication.  Dr. O'Leary is a skeptical thinker who often questions what we think we know.  He hopes to open more conversations about what we don't know we don't know.Find transcripts with show-notes and references on each episodes dedicated page at psydactic.buzzsprout.com.You can leave feedback at https://www.psydactic.com.The visual companions, when available, can be found at https://youtube.com/@PsyDactic.