Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago
Transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, is widely used to study brain function. NIMH is helping to explore TMS as a treatment for mental disorders like treatment-resistant depression. Dr. Sarah Lisanby, Director of the NIMH Noninvasive Neuromodulation Unit describes how TMS has gone from a research tool to something that is really making a difference in peoples' lives. For more information, visit nimh.nih.gov/braintherapies.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, is widely used to study brain function. NIMH is helping to explore TMS as a treatment for mental disorders like treatment-resistant depression. Dr. Sarah Lisanby, Director of the NIMH Noninvasive Neuromodulation Unit describes how TMS has gone from a research tool to something that is really making a difference in peoples' lives. For more information, visit nimh.nih.gov/braintherapies.
