NeuroStar, Non-Drug Treatment for Major Depression
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Our office will be scheduling appointments starting Spring 2025.
Psychiatric Associates of Hunterdon is pleased to offer NeuroStar, a non-drug treatment for major depression. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation therapy (TMS) is a non-invasive, non-drug treatment that goes right to the source of depression – your brain. TMS uses focused magnetic pulses to “wake up” those areas and help your brain work the way it should. It is like physical therapy for the brain.
NeuroStar is covered by most major insurance providers and Medicare. Please call us at (908) 788-6654 to see if this therapy is right for you.
NeuroStar is a non-drug and non-invasive treatment for depression, anxiety symptoms associated with depression and OCD delivered at Psychiatric Associates of Hunterdon. You recline comfortably in a NeuroStar chair (much like a dentist’s chair) during treatment. During a treatment session, precisely targeted magnetic pulses stimulate the mood-regulating areas in the brain. There is no anesthesia or sedation. You are fully awake and alert during treatment, and you can resume normal activities immediately after a treatment session. Thirty-six treatments are needed to complete the therapy and each session is about 19 minutes.
If you are age 15 or older and suffer from depression, anxiety symptoms associated with depression, or OCD but have not benefitted from your current medications—or are not happy with their side effects—NeuroStar Advanced Therapy may be right for you. NeuroStar may also be a good choice if you have tried switching medications for depression but have still not found remission from your symptoms.
Many NeuroStar patients start to see improvement within 2 to 3 weeks of treatment. That can include changes in mood, fewer days of depression, and an increased desire to engage with other people more often.
See the FAQ’s on NeuroStar here.
