Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Clinical Psychiatry - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585621978 ISBN 13: 9781585621972

Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

This book describes a technology that allows physicians to focally stimulate the brain in awake adults through a non-invasive procedure. It is an accessible and authoritative review of TMS, explaining how the procedure works and then outlining its use in a wide range of situations-notably in depression, but also in other conditions ranging.

About this title

About the Author

Mark S. George, M.D., is Director of the Center for Advanced Imaging Research; Director of the Brain Stimulation Laboratory; and University Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Radiology, and Neurosciences at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina.

Robert H. Belmaker, M.D., is Hoffer-Vickar Professor of Psychiatry at Beer Sheva Mental Health Center and on the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheva, Israel. He is President-elect of CINP, the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

From the Back Cover

This book describes a new technology that allows physicians to focally stimulate the brain in awake adults through a non-invasive procedure. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Clinical Psychiatry is an accessible and authoritative review of TMS, explaining how the procedure works and then outlining its use in a wide range of situations--notably in depression, but also in other conditions ranging from migraine to stroke recovery.

This concise overview offers practical guidance for psychiatrists and other clinicians using TMS as a therapy. It begins with background on the physics and safety of TMS, a guide for administering the procedure, and a review of basic neurophysiological studies with TMS, showing how it can be used to measure connectivity and excitability of the cerebral cortex. The heart of the book is devoted to clinical applications of TMS to epilepsy, movement disorders, and pain; major depression; mania; anxiety disorders, notably obsessive-compulsive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder; and schizophrenia. With additional chapters on TMS in brain imaging and prospects for the future of repetitive TMS, this volume offers a definitive look at this cutting-edge research and provides critical guidance on how and when clinicians should use TMS in their practice.

From the Inside Flap

This book describes a new technology that allows physicians to focally stimulate the brain in awake adults through a non-invasive procedure. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Clinical Psychiatry is an accessible and authoritative review of TMS, explaining how the procedure works and then outlining its use in a wide range of situations -- notably in depression, but also in other conditions ranging from migraine to stroke recovery.

This concise overview offers practical guidance for psychiatrists and other clinicians using TMS as a therapy. It begins with background on the physics and safety of TMS, a guide for administering the procedure, and a review of basic neurophysiological studies with TMS, showing how it can be used to measure connectivity and excitability of the cerebral cortex. The heart of the book is devoted to clinical applications of TMS to epilepsy, movement disorders, and pain; major depression; mania; anxiety disorders, notably obsessive-compulsive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder; and schizophrenia. With additional chapters on TMS in brain imaging and prospects for the future of repetitive TMS, this volume offers a definitive look at this cutting-edge research and provides critical guidance on how and when clinicians should use TMS in their practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1585621978
• ISBN 13: 9781585621972
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 289
• Editor: Mark S. George, Robert H. Belmaker