Exploring Mental Health Solutions: TMS and tDCS Compared

Neurostimulation therapies like Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, or TMS, and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, or tDCS. have lately emerged as effective treatment modalities for various mental health disorders, particularly in cases where other treatment methods, such as medication and psychotherapy, are inadequately effective. Both attempts to augment the activity of the...

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