Israeli Company Develops Treatment That Beats Depression with Brain Stimulation

Israeli Company Develops Treatment That Beats Depression with Brain Stimulation

BrainsWay's technology uses Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (dTMS)—a non-invasive therapy that employs magnetic pulses to target areas of the brain associated with depression.

Next-Gen Brain Implants Offer New Hope for Depression

Her relapse into depression felt like defeat—but it offered vital clues to achieving lasting psychiatric relief.The 67-year-old woman from Alabama had already endured four major depressive episodes in her decades-long battle with mental illness. After exhausting numerous medications and other therapies, in 2015 she turned to an experimental last resort: deep brain stimulation, or DBS.Neurosurgeons implanted electrodes a few inches below her skul…