Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Mismatch of Evidence and Insurance Coverage Policies in the United States

Author: Cory R Weissman^1,2, Richard A Bermudes³, Jeffrey Voigt⁴, Conor Liston⁵, Nolan Williams⁶, Daniel M Blumberger⁷, Paul B Fitzgerald⁸, Zafiris J Daskalakis¹
Affiliation:
¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California.
² Corresponding author: Cory R. Weissman, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92161 (cweissman@health.ucsd.edu).
³ Mindful Health Solutions, San Francisco, California.
⁴ Medical Device Consultants of Ridgewood, LLC, Ridgewood, New Jersey.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
⁶ Stanford Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
⁷ Temerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain Intervention, Campbell Family Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ Australian National University School of Medicine and Psychology, Canberra, Australia.
Conference/Journal: J Clin Psychiatry
Date published: 2023 Apr 26
Other: Volume ID: 84 , Issue ID: 3 , Pages: 22com14575 , Special Notes: doi: 10.4088/JCP.22com14575. , Word Count: 4