What you can do to improve your own mental health. The month of May is Mental Health Awareness month. Have you ever wondered why we have to designate an entire month to remind ourselves how important mental health is?
Many people across the globe suffer from Depression, a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects your feelings, you’re thinking, and your actions. If you suffer from Depression, you most certainly suffer from overwhelming feelings of sadness, loneliness, and a lack of interest in activities you previously enjoyed.
Depression is a mood disorder and discovering a cause can be complex, leading to a variety of emotional and physical problems and decreasing your ability to function in your everyday life.
Research suggests that depression doesn’t spring from simply having too much or too little of certain brain chemicals. There is no identified single cause of depression, it can happen for a variety of reasons. Depression can occur as a result of any one or more of the following:
Depression affects everyone differently. Some people have depression with big life changes, others may have depression during a serious medical injury/illness, and many have a family history of depression.
Depression is a treatable condition, but for some people, standard treatments aren’t effective. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive clinical tool; effective in patients with treatment-resistant depression by targeting key areas of the brain that are underactive in people with depression. TMS uses a magnet, similar in strength of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine, to stimulate nerve cells in the area of the brain that controls mood. The magnetic pulses have a positive effect on the brain’s neurotransmitter levels, making long-term remission from depression possible.
If you or a loved one struggles with managing depression, TMS may be right for you. Give our office a call today at 469-200-4093 and speak with a specialist.
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