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Chapter 8 - Neurostimulation Treatments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2025

By
Luis A. Wische-Fernandez  and
Salih Selek
Edited by
Marsal Sanches  and
Jair C. Soares
Marsal Sanches
Affiliation:
McGovern Medical School, Texas
Jair C. Soares
Affiliation:
McGovern Medical School, Texas
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Summary

Neurostimulation entails changing brain activity by electric, magnetic, or other forms of energy. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been used for more than eight decades to treat illnesses that are the bread and butter of psychiatry. Novel treatments have emerged while existing ones have undergone modifications. This could lead to fundamental changes as to how the field manages illness. Examples are transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), and other techniques. This chapter focuses on ECT while broadly covering other neurostimulation treatments.

Keywords

electroconvulsive therapytranscranial magnetic stimulationvagus nerve stimulationNeurostimulationinterventional psychiatry
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Fundamentals of Clinical Psychiatry
A Practical Handbook
 , pp. 64 - 70
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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