Questions you should be able to answer before progressing on from this section

What is the evidence supporting maintenance treatment for depression?

How would you apply maintenance treatment?

How effective is TMS likely to be when a patient who has responded to treatment experiences a relapse?

What is theta burst stimulation and when or why might be used?

 

 

Video 8 – Maintenance and Repeat Treatment

Video 9 – Practical Issues in TMS Delivery

 

 

 

 

Section Four Resources

Blumberger et al, 2018 TBS vs rTMS

Chen et al, 2019 iTBS in depression

Fitzgerald at al., 2013 Maintenance TMS Depression

Fitzgerald et al., 2019 Maintenance rTMS

Li et al., 2014 TBS depression

Wang et al., 2018 Clustered Maintenance

 

Section Five: Beyond TMS for Depression

 

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Course Navigation

Section One: Introduction to TMS

Section Two: TMS in Depression – Why we do what we do

Section Three: Issues in TMS Delivery

Section Four: Other Issues in TMS for Depression

Section Five: Beyond TMS for Depression

Section Six: Safety and Management of Side Effects

Section Seven: Equipment and Regulation

Section Eight Our Industry Partners

Section Nine: Practical Demonstrations

Section Ten: Q&A from Prof Paul Fitzgerald

Exam Instruction