This page is for mental health professionals including psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health nurses and allied health clinicians who are interested in research surrounding transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment, TMS or otherwise commonly referred to as rTMS.

Sydney TMS clinician positioning a TMS coil on a patient’s forehead during a treatment session.

August 7, 2026

TMS and EMDR Therapy. Exploring the differences and the role they play helping people with PTSD

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) are two very different kinds of mental health treatment. TMS is a non-invasive procedure that applies magnetic pulses to activate the parts of the...

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February 24, 2026

What Are the Different Types of Depression? A Complete Guide to Relief

Depression is not one single experience. Clinicians use several labels to describe patterns of symptoms, how long they last, and whether particular features are present. This guide explains the different types of depression, why the...

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January 23, 2026

When Therapy Isn’t Enough: Exploring the Benefits of TMS for Stubborn Depression

When talk therapy and antidepressants don’t shift depression, people often assume they have “failed” treatment. More often, the treatment is simply not matching the biology and the pattern of symptoms. That’s where TMS therapy for...

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Parents playing video games at home during TMS treatment for depression

December 17, 2025

Gaming for Good: Meet the First FDA-Approved Video Games for Depression

For most people, “video game” and “depression treatment” don’t sit naturally in the same sentence. Games are meant to distract, entertain, or fill in a commute. Treatment is meant to do the opposite: slow things...

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March 5, 2025

Relative effectiveness of antidepressant treatments in treating TRD

Relative effectiveness of antidepressant treatments in treatment-resistant depression: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Acknowledgement to the authors: Johan Saelens, Christoph Kraus, Anna Gramser, Victoria Watzal, Carlos A. Zarate Jr, Rupert...

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March 13, 2024

rTMS depression

Regulatory Clearance nd Approval of Therapeutic Protocols of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Psychiatric Disorders by Goncalo Cotovio, Fabiana Ventura, Daniel Rodrigues da Silva, Patricia Pereira, Albino J. Oliveira-Maia, Date: 2023 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/13/7/1029 When pulses are applied...

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September 14, 2023

Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014–2018)

Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014–2018) Acknowledgement to the authors: Jean-Pascal Lefaucheur, André Aleman, Chris Baeken, David H. Benninger, Jérôme Brunelin, Vincenzo Di Lazzaro, Saša R....

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September 8, 2023

Effect of high frequency versus theta-burst repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on suicidality in patients with treatment-resistant depression

Effect of high frequency versus theta- burst repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on suicidality in patients with treatment- resistant depression Acknowledgement to authors: Shobha Mehta, Jonathan Downar, Benoit H. Mulsant, Daphne Voineskos, Zafiris J. Daskalakis, Cory R. Weissman, Fidel...

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September 8, 2023

Effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on anxiety symptoms in patients with major depression: An analysis from the THREE‐D trial

Effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on anxiety symptoms in patients with major depression: An analysis from the THREE‐D trial Acknowledgement to the authors: Alisson P. Trevizol, Jonathan Downar, Fidel Vila‐Rodriguez, Gerasimos Konstantinou, Zafiris J....

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