Consensus Recommendations for the Clinical Application of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in the Treatment of Depression

• DOI: 10.4088/jcp.16cs10905
• Publication Date: 2017-05-22T20:19:06Z
• Authors: Shawn M. McClintock; Irving M. Reti; Linda L. Carpenter; William M. McDonald; Marc Dubin; Stephan F. Taylor; Ian A. Cook; John O’Reardon; Mustafa M. Husain; Christopher Wall; Andrew D. Krystal; Shirlene M. Sampson; Oscar Morales; Brent G. Nelson; Vassilios Latouss...; Mark S. George; Sarah H. Lisanby
• Keywords: PsycINFO; Depression; Brain stimulation

To provide expert recommendations for the safe and effective application of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in treatment major depressive disorder (MDD).Participants included a group 17 clinicians researchers with expertise clinical rTMS, representing both National Network Depression Centers (NNDC) rTMS Task Group American Psychiatric Association Council on Research (APA CoR) Force Novel Biomarkers Treatments.The consensus statement is based review extensive literature from 2 databases (OvidSP MEDLINE PsycINFO) searched 1990 through 2016. The search terms variants stimulation. results were limited to articles written English that focused adult populations. Of approximately 1,500 retrieved studies, total 118 publications supplemented opinion achieve key issues surrounding administration MDD practice settings.In cases which research evidence was equivocal or unclear, decision how should be administered reached by authors this article denoted as "expert opinion."Multiple randomized controlled trials published have supported safety efficacy antidepressant therapy. These recommendations, developed NNDC APA CoR Treatments, comprehensive information MDD.