We need innovative mental health treatments like TMS and better early intervention, says Dr. Sophia Vinogradov, from the Dept. of Psychiatry & M Health Fairview. Learn how the U of M Medical School is leading the change with pioneering research.
Many of us predicted a global mental health pandemic would follow COVID-19. This wave is affecting our emergency departments and hospitals, as well as our schools and workplaces. Clearly, we need more effective mental health treatments such as TMS and we need to get better at early prevention and intervention. The brain is the most complex human organ and we already know that the conventional medical approach — lab tests identifying a singular disease process leading to medication and/or surgery — cannot be applied simplistically to mental illnesses.
That is driving the University of Minnesota Medical School’s approach to move beyond conventional treatments with approaches such as TMS, where a magnetic coil on the surface of the head induces a beneficial electric current in the brain. This successful, innovative approach to the complexities of severe depression emerged from clinical trials.
