Psychiatry Grand Rounds 5/1 | Paul E Holtzheimer, MD, MS

"Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Psychiatric Disorders"

 

Holtzheimer Grand Rounds

 

Paul E Holtzheimer, MD, MS
Professor of Psychiatry
Professor of Surgery
Deputy Director for Research, National Center for PTSD
Staff Physician, White River Junction VAMC
Staff Physician, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Institute

Objectives

The activity is designed to help the learner

  1. Describe what transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is and how it may potentially work.
  2. Understand the data supporting TMS as a treatment for depression.
  3. Assess the potential for TMS as a treatment for other psychiatric conditions, such as posttraumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and addiction.

This talk is sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. This educational activity received no commercial support.