United States: The depression treatment at High Plains Mental Health Center represents a revolutionary approach that generates significant improvements for all patients facing this situation.
High Plains acquired its initial Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) device at the psychiatric facility in the previous year.
Medical professionals identify TMS treatment as an effective therapeutic solution for major depressive disorder, including anxiety symptoms and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
What more are the experts stating?
Medical authorities have authorized TMS therapy for patients starting at 15 years old and extending to adults at every age.
The national and local statistics reveal that this treatment effectively helps patients who have depression despite not responding to two or more mental health medications, USA Today reported.
“By the time someone takes a fourth medication, there’s less than a 4% chance of them getting any benefit from it,” according to Dr. Mark Romereim, who is the High Plains medical director.

The depression prevalence in the population at a given time amounts to approximately 10 percent to 15 percent, as per Romereim.
Romereim predicted that treatment-resistant depression affects approximately 25 percent of the total depression population.
The success rates of TMS treatment show that 83 percent of patients improve, and 62 percent will experience symptom relief and illness remission.
What do studies indicate?
Clinical studies indicate that inhaled ketamine produces limited results in the treatment of treatment-resistant depression, according to Romereim.
Weekly treatments of the method must be maintained indefinitely. The response rate for ketamine stands at 67 percent, whereas the remission rate reaches 35 percent.
The community mental health center at High Plains represents the initial TMS treatment provider in Kansas while being counted among a limited number across the country, USA Today reported.

Furthermore, “TMS adds the layer of get me in and get treated and come back in a year or not at all,” as Craig Poe, High Plains executive director, added, “and not experience depression at all, which is life-changing.”
“For us to be the first … It’s important for us to do something because this is an unmet need, and we want to do everything possible to help our people in northwest Kansas and treat depression using the most effective treatments available,” Romereim continued.
The TMS unit functions as a dental chair that appears similar to other typical dental chair systems.
The treatment unit is located beside the patient’s head. The device generates electromagnetic pulses that generate electrical changes in the brain, which lead to new neural pathways, according to Romereim.
The standard duration for this therapy procedure amounts to 19 minutes.
Clients need to leave the clinic after TMS treatment since the procedure occurs on an outpatient basis and allows people to resume their regular daily routines.
The procedure requests no anesthetic because people can safely operate their vehicles throughout their TMS appointment.