It is a so-called register study that was conducted and which was based on the treatments carried out with rTMS, or repetitive transcranial magnetic simulation.
Patients with severe depression, where medication has not proven sufficient, are offered treatment where the brain is stimulated with magnetic fields. Around 70 patients have so far undergone the treatment at the University Hospital in Örebro.
Researchers at Örebro University, Akademiska sjukhuset and Karolinska Institutet have reviewed the results of the treatments and compiled the results.
Hear senior physician Katarzyna Popiolek about the study’s results – in the clip.