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Lead
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Have unipolar depressive episode based on the MINI with or without psychotic symptoms
Have previous response to ECT or high symptom severity warranting acute ECT in the opinion of a consultant brain stimulation psychiatrist
Are over the age of 18
Pass the TMS adult safety screening (TASS) questionnaire
Are voluntary and competent to consent to treatment
You may not be if
Have a Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) confirmed diagnosis of substance dependence or abuse within the last 1 month
Have a concomitant major unstable medical illness, cardiac pacemaker or implanted medication pump
Have a lifetime Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) diagnosis of bipolar I or II disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, schizophreniform disorder, delusional disorder
Have any significant neurological disorder or insult including, but not limited to: any condition likely to be associated with increased intracranial pressure, space occupying brain lesion, any history of seizure except those therapeutically induced by ECT or a febrile seizure of infancy or single seizure related to a known drug related event, cerebral aneurysm, or significant head trauma with loss of consciousness for greater than 5 minutes
have an intracranial implant (e.g., aneurysm clips, shunts, stimulators, cochlear implants, or electrodes) or any other metal object within or near the head, excluding the mouth, that cannot be safely removed
currently take more than lorazepam 2 mg daily (or equivalent) or any dose of an anticonvulsant due to the potential to limit rTMS efficacy
Lack of response to accelerated course of iTBS or rTMS in the past
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