The Clinical TMS Society Consensus Review and Treatment Recommendations for TMS Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 336-346

  Perera, Tarique ^a   George, Mark S ^b,c   Grammer, Geoffrey ^d   Janicak, Philip G ^e   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^f   Wirecki, Theodore S ^g  

^a Psychiatry Department   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TMS NeuroHealth   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g TMS Center of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Guidelines; Review; TMS

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEER REVIEW; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMISSION; RESPONSIBILITY; SAFETY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADULT; CONSENSUS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CONSENSUS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84963680105     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2016.03.010     Document Type: Review

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