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Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (Deep TMS)

Magne­tic wave the­ra­py as a new tre­at­ment opti­on for pati­ents with depres­si­on and other affec­ti­ve and neu­ro­ge­nic dis­or­ders

Deep TMS — short and effec­ti­ve tre­at­ment

Deep TMS via Brains­way is a non-inva­si­ve tre­at­ment that brings about signi­fi­cant impro­ve­ment in pati­ents by sti­mu­la­ting the regi­on of the brain respon­si­ble for depres­si­on. It is an out­pa­ti­ent pro­ce­du­re, mea­ning no hos­pi­ta­liza­ti­on or anes­the­sia is requi­red, and the­re is no memo­ry loss or sys­te­mic side effects.

The Brains­way TMS ses­si­ons are easy to inte­gra­te into the pati­en­t’s dai­ly rou­ti­ne. In each ses­si­on, the pati­ent sits com­for­ta­b­ly in a chair and has a pad­ded hel­met pla­ced on their head. The hel­met gene­ra­tes short magne­tic fields with an ampli­tu­de simi­lar to that used in magne­tic reso­nan­ce ima­ging (MRI). The­se magne­tic fields brief­ly sti­mu­la­te the tar­get area in the brain and redu­ce the sym­ptoms of depres­si­on.

The pro­ce­du­re requi­res dai­ly ses­si­ons of 20 minu­tes over a peri­od of 4–6 weeks. After each ses­si­on, pati­ents can go home and resu­me their nor­mal dai­ly rou­ti­ne.

What is Tran­s­cra­ni­al Magne­tic Sti­mu­la­ti­on?

Tran­s­cra­ni­al magne­tic sti­mu­la­ti­on (TMS, also known as rTMS or dTMS) is an effec­ti­ve and very well-tole­ra­ted, inno­va­ti­ve tre­at­ment method that uses alter­na­ting magne­tic fields to sti­mu­la­te ner­ve cells in the brain. Tran­s­cra­ni­al magne­tic sti­mu­la­ti­on can be used to impro­ve sym­ptoms of depres­si­on, anxie­ty, com­pul­si­ons, pain, fati­gue, etc.

During the tre­at­ment, an elec­tro­ma­gne­tic field is gene­ra­ted in pul­ses by a magne­tic coil, which acts through the skull (tran­s­cra­ni­al) and the menin­ges to the ner­ve cells. This magne­tic field sti­mu­la­tes and acti­va­tes the ner­ve cells to beco­me elec­tri­cal­ly acti­ve.

Are the cos­ts cover­ed by sta­tu­to­ry health insu­rance? How high are the cos­ts?

This is an indi­vi­du­al health ser­vice (so-cal­led IGeL) or “self-pay­er ser­vice”, which is not cover­ed by sta­tu­to­ry health insu­rance com­pa­nies. With pri­va­te health insu­rance com­pa­nies, a cost appli­ca­ti­on can be sub­mit­ted, which is deci­ded on indi­vi­du­al­ly by the insurer.

Cos­ts for deep-rTMS 85 euros per ses­si­on. For effec­ti­ve the­ra­py, 20 ses­si­ons are requi­red in the first month, fol­lo­wed by 10 main­ten­an­ce ses­si­ons with weekly appli­ca­ti­on.