HCP Live (10/19, Derman) reports a study found that “repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) provides acute and sustained clinically meaningful improvements in quality of life among younger and older adults with depression.” The study included “531 participants aged 18 – 89 years from the randomized clinical trials THREE-D and FOUR-4. In those trials, participants received either unilateral or bilateral repetitive TMS or theta burst stimulation.” The researchers observed that “participants had sustained improvements over the 12 weeks of follow-up. At baseline, only 0.3% of younger adults and 2.3% of older adults reported a normal quality of life, which significantly increased to 19.8% and 19.4%, respectively, at the end of treatment. At the 12-week follow-up, 23.7% and 26.8% of younger and older adults, respectively, reported a normal quality of life.” The study was published in Psychological Medicine. (SOURCE: APA Headlines)