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Depression Facts

Depression affects over 14 million Americans and their families each year. According to estimates, by the year 2020, major depressive disorder will be the second leading cause of disability worldwide.
About two-thirds of those individuals who suffer from depression will have at least one other depressive episode in their lives.
Despite major advances in psychiatry for treating this debilitating illness, nearly 30% of patients with depression do not benefit from or are intolerant of antidepressant medication.

Recover from Depression. Regain your Life.

People with clinical depression often feel guilty for not feeling well and not being able to “snap out of it.” We might not know the exact reasons why someone develops depression, but we do know that it is a medical illness that tends to run in families (for brain activity differences, see brain images below, at end of page). People with a predisposition to develop depression usually do so after stressful life events, like divorce, death, or unemployment, or when they develop other medical conditions, like heart disease and cancer.
Struggling with Depression
NeuroStar® TMS Therapy is proven, safe, and effective outpatient procedure that brings hope to people with depression who do not benefit or cannot tolerate antidepressant medications.

Affecting your life

For many people living with depression, they just cannot enjoy life. They feel guilty for feeling depressed and they feel that they are a “burden” on the people around them. They tend to withdraw from social activities and might become irritable when loved ones try to help. They tend to have higher rates of relationship problems, higher rates of divorce, as well as higher rates of physical illness and visits to the medical doctor. They often miss work or school, and they tend to have less satisfaction from life. But, it does not have to stay this way.

With proper evaluation and treatment, many patients can recover from depression and lead fulfilling and productive lives.

When medications and therapy are not enough

For many people with more severe forms of depression, they either have to be placed on multiple antidepressant medications or have to live with unwanted medication side effects. For others, they have “treatment-resistant-depression” or difficult to treat depression, a debilitative condition for those dealing with it. For these individuals, NeuroStar TMS (Transcranial magnetic stimulation) therapy is here to provide hope, as another treatment option to help them recover from depression and regain their life.