Depression is a common but treatable psychiatric disorder. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), more than 322 million individuals around the world suffer from depression. Depression is usually characterized by depressed or low moods that are persistent and ever-present. Clinical depression does not result from normal, daily life stresses. Instead, it presents as severe, unrelenting sadness, extreme grief, or listless behavior.
Learn moreWhile there is much about the human brain that remains a mystery, researchers have made great strides in increasing our understanding of how it works, and what causes disorders such as depression. Naturally, the medical community has been eager to take advantage of their findings.
Perhaps some of the most exciting recent discoveries have focused on the role the mood centers of the brain play in depression. Studies have proven that when these areas of the brain are stimulated, the severity of depression and the frequency of depressive episodes are decreased. Knowing this, the question becomes, what strategies and techniques should be utilized to the deliver the required stimulation?
Depression does not have one solution. Each patient’s treatment must be tailored to their individual symptoms. However, when traditional medication and/or psychotherapy fail, there is now an innovative alternative treatment specifically designed to relieve symptoms through mood center stimulation. It’s called deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).
Learn moreThis exciting advance in the treatment of depression is now available in Portland. Brought here by Dr. Jonathan Horey, the co-founder and chief medical officer of Active Recovery TMS, deep transcranial magnetic stimulation offers hope to those who have not responded to traditional treatments for depression and those who suffer from severe depression. The staff at Active Recovery TMS, including skilled psychiatrist Dr. Horey, are passionate about finding progressive solutions to depression and committed to providing patients with a superior TMS therapy experience.
TMS Portland has become the premier center for the treatment of depression, offering patients solutions that will enable them to embrace a satisfying and fulfilling life. When traditional treatments for depression fail, it is time to contact Portland’s Active Recovery TMS.
Book consultationDr. Jonathan Horey, co-founder and chief medical officer, has been practicing psychiatry since 2006 and treating patients with transcranial magnetic stimulation since 2017. He is passionate about treatment of depression and helping his patients.
Deep TMS therapy is a non-invasive, pain-free procedure that uses a continuous electrical current to create a magnetic field around the mood centers of the brain. It is believed that the magnetic field stimulates the reward and motivation pathways of the brain in the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex, thereby reducing or eliminating depressive episodes.
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