Application of variable magnetic fields in the treatment of drug-resistant depression

Keywords:

ELF, drug-resistant depression

Summary:

The therapeutic efficacy of microTesla variable magnetic field applied as magnetostimulation, in the treatment of patients with drug-resistant depression was analyzed. As a result of long-term daily exposures to variable magnetic field with induction of 15 µT, a significant regression of depression symptoms estimated with use of Beck’s questionnaire, as well as Montgomery-Asberg’s and Hamilton’s scales was obtained, as compared to control patients subjected to sham-exposure. The results of this trial indicate that addition of three-week lasting magnetostimulation to routine pharmacotherapy intensifies the regression of depression symptoms but further prolongation of the cycle does not enhance the obtained clinical improvement.

Source:

XXII Symposium Electromagnetic Phenomena in Nonlinear Circuits June 26 – June 29, 2012. Pula, CROATIABalneologia Polska, tom XXXX, rok 1998, zeszyt 3-4

Authors:

Cieślar G., Sieroń A.