TMS: A radical treatment for depression

Have you heard of TMS? It stands for transcranial magnetic stimulation and, according to reports, could offer hope to people with clinical depression when other treatments haven’t helped.

It was invented in Sheffield the 1980s and has been used to treat a number of mental and physical health conditions, including OCD, anorexia, tinnitus and fibromyalgia — but studies suggest up to 70% of people with clinical depression could benefit from it.

Treatments usually centre around talking therapies, such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and antidepressant medicines.