MOACYR ALEXANDRO ROSA
Mestre e doutor em Psiquiatria pelo Instituto de Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (IPq-HC-FMUSP). Médico assistente do IPq-HC-FMUSP e da Santa Casa de São Paulo.
MARINA ODEBRECHT
Médica psiquiatra, pós-graduanda pelo Instituto de Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (IPq-HC-FMUSP).
SÉRGIO PAULO RIGONATTI
Doutor em Psiquiatria pelo Instituto de Psiquiatria da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (IPq-FMUSP). Diretor do Serviço de Tratamentos Biológicos do Instituto de Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP
MARCO ANTONIO MARCOLIN
Doutor pela Universidade de Illinois, em Chicago. Instituto de Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo.
Abstract:
The induced seizure through Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), also called magnetic seizure therapy, is a new technique that has been used for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders, specially depression. It uses a magnetic stimulator that generates a magnetic field that is applied over the patient’s skull with a coil. This article reviews the eleven cases in which the seizure was induced deliberately for therapeutic purposes. Although just in it’s beginning, it is a technique that can substitute electrically induced seizures (electroconvulsive therapy), if it shows the same efficacy and a more safe profile related to side effects and possible complications, taking the fact that the stimuli are more focused.
Keywords:Seizures, magnetic stimulation, treatment, depression.