Early Improvement of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms With Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) Augmentation of Medication: Case Series

Investigation of physical activity, sleep, and mental health recovery in treatment resistant depression (TRD) patients receiving repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) treatment

“…The anxiety outcome results show that rTMS treatment in a clinical service can be effective in treating GAD symptoms in TRD patients. This supports the results of other published papers ( Diefenbach et al., 2013 ; LaSalle-Ricci et al., 2014 ; Caulfield et al., 2016 ; White and Tavakoli, 2015 ; Griffiths et al., 2019a ). However, there is currently a lack of RCT evidence on the effectiveness of rTMS on GAD in depression, and further well-designed and adequately powered RCTs are required to determine clinical recommendations ( Kozel, 2018 ).…”

“…Symptoms of anxiety are common in people with a diagnosis of depression; frequent or constant anxiety symptoms have been reported by 55.6% of depressive disorder patients ( Karpov et al., 2016 ; Young et al., 2013 ). Patients treated for depression with rTMS have recorded a reduction in anxiety symptoms ( Diefenbach et al., 2013 ; LaSalle-Ricci et al., 2014 ; Caulfield et al., 2016 ; White and Tavakoli, 2015 ; Griffiths et al. 2019b ).…”

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of anxiety disorders: A systematic review of the state-of-the-art

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