With nearly 20 percent of U.S. adults affected by depression, the prevalence of this mental health condition drives many to ...

Summary: A new study demonstrates that home-based transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a safe and effective method for treating depression. Participants in the study who used tDCS at home ...

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Previous research has explored using tDCS to treat depression, but this study stands out for its long timescale and remote, home-based design, which did not require participants to make daily ...

tDCS has been explored for its potential to enhance cognitive functions, such as memory and attention, and to treat various neurological and psychiatric conditions. Already used in clinics to treat ...

The study included 174 adult participants with a diagnosis of severe to moderate depression. They were randomly assigned to one of two treatment arms: active tDCS or inactive tDCS, which used the ...

A new trial suggests that at-home brain stimulation could potentially be a first-line treatment for depression. However, some experts are skeptical.

“Our study demonstrates that at-home tDCS is an acceptable first-line treatment for moderate depression without serious side effects,” study investigator Cynthia Fu, MD, professor of affective ...

In such cases, patients may be prescribed neuromodulation therapy, which modulates brain activity in order to reduce ...