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Veterans: Understanding Their Challenges, Health Issues, and Available Support Systems
While the majority of military veterans successfully adapt to civilian life, a significant portion struggle with mental health conditions, physical injuries, and social reintegration difficulties that require specialized support and understanding.
Social Media and Mental Health: Recognizing the Signs and Taking Control
Do you worry that social media is affecting your mental health? You’re not alone. This article examines the impact of social media on mental health, both good and bad, and offers practical tips for recognizing the signs of negative effects and taking control to maintain a healthy balance in relation to social media mental health.
The Future of Brain Health: Exploring Noninvasive Brain Stimulation
Looking to improve your brain health? This article dives into actionable tips to enhance cognitive function through lifestyle changes, dietary choices, and mental exercises, as well as explores the benefits of noninvasive brain stimulation. Learn practical steps to maintain and boost your brain health starting today.
Big News: Select Insurers are Starting to Cover SAINT® TMS Therapy - Expanding Access to a Fast, Life-Saving Depression Treatment
At Acacia Clinics, our mission is simple: to help people live well and find relief—fast. That’s why we were early adopters of SAINT (Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy), an advanced, individualized form of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment delivered over just five days.
Exploring SPRAVATO®: A Breakthrough Treatment for Depression
For adults struggling with treatment resistant depression, finding effective relief can feel like an endless journey. When traditional oral antidepressants fail to provide adequate symptom improvement, Spravato offers new hope through an innovative approach to treating depressive symptoms in adults.
Accelerated TMS for OCD: A Promising Treatment Option
Patients who have been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may find traditional treatment options to be ineffective. Learn why Accelerated TMS has become a promising alternative in the field of psychotherapy.
Am I Depressed or Just Sad? Understanding Signs of Depression
Learn how to identify the signs of clinical depression, and understand the full scope of treatment options that are available for those suffering with the condition.
Accelerated TMS for PTSD: Improving Treatment Response
Discover the limitations of traditional PTSD treatments and why Accelerated TMS has become an exciting addition to the treatment arsenal for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Understanding the Risks of TMS Therapy
Understand the side effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), as well as the potential benefits of receiving treatment.
What Causes Depression?
Clinical depression is a complex disorder that has a variety of potential causes. Learn how to identify these causes, how the causes can relate to one another, and how each individual can find a treatment plan that is tailored to their needs.
Accelerated TMS for Anxiety: A Breakthrough in Mental Health Treatment
Learn the effectiveness of Accelerated TMS as a treatment for anxiety disorders and what makes it different from alternative treatment options.
New Study Identifies Potential Neuromodulation Target for PTSD in Veterans
A Breakthrough Collaboration Between Acacia Clinics and Leading Researchers Paves the Way for Innovative PTSD Treatments
Accelerated TMS: Finding The Best TMS Therapy For You
Discover the latest Accelerated TMS treatment protocols, including HOPE-TMS and SAINT®, and learn which approach might suit you best.
Discovering New Hope: What is Accelerated TMS?
Learn what makes Accelerated TMS unique in the context of treating mental health conditions.
The History of TMS: What it is, How it Works, and Its Effectiveness for Treating Depression
Studies have shown that transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can be 3x more effective for treating depression when compared with traditional approaches.
But what is TMS and how does it really work? This article will explore the 190 years of rich scientific history that produced a ground-breaking mental health treatment protocol for modern-day patients.
Promising Pathways: Advancing Treatment for Adolescent Depression Using Accelerated Brain Stimulation
In our latest study, our team confronts the growing problem of adolescent depression. Recent data paints a stark picture – the number of teenagers grappling with depression is surging. Even more concerning is that less than half of these severely affected adolescents receive the necessary treatment (National Institute of Mental Health, 2022).
Breaking New Ground: Accelerated iTBS Studies Offer Hope for Adolescent Depression Treatment
Acacia presented data at the 5th International Brain Stimulation conference in Lisbon, Portugal on the topic of accelerated iTBS for the treatment of adolescent depression. The prevalence of adolescent depression is steadily rising but unlike adults, less than half with severe impairment receive treatment. rTMS approaches could be transformational for adolescents and previous studies have demonstrated its safety.
How Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Can Treat Depressive Disorder
Transcranial magnetic stimulation is a therapeutic treatment that delivers impressive results. At Acacia, we use a TMS device with Theta Burst stimulation by MagVenture™. Theta-burst is a stimulation pattern similar to how the brain communicates naturally. The treatment is FDA-approved and noninvasive.
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
What leads to suicide? It can be a number of factors. But one of the leading causes is depression. The US Department of Health & Human Services reports that being diagnosed with depression is directly linked to an increased risk of dying by suicide. And the more severe your depression, the greater your risk. All told, they estimate that around 60% of people who commit suicide were living with a mental health disorder like depression.
Who Does Depression Affect?
The CDC reports that about one in thirteen people lives with depression. If you know at least thirteen people, you very likely know someone living with this condition. The problem? All too many people living with depression suffer in silence. They think that depression makes them appear weak or that it’s something they can “just get over.” But that’s not the case. Clinical depression requires treatment and it can affect you regardless of your age, race, gender, socioeconomic status, and any other factors. If you think you may be struggling with symptoms of depression, don’t hesitate to speak up. You’re not alone.