Patient Eligibility for rTMS Therapy

Proper pre-procedural screening ensures that therapy is administered only when it is medically advisable.

Eligibility

In order to ensure your safety, the following general requirements will need to be met prior to receiving rTMS therapy:

• Currently diagnosed with depression by a psychiatrist or physician. In extenuating circumstances, an in-house MindCare physician can act as the referral source.
  
  
  • NOTE: a completed MindCare referral form is required to be eligible for treatment (please click here to download a PDF version of the form.)
  • For the experimental treatment of various disease states, a completed referral form is not necessary (please see Disease State section).
• No implanted ferromagnetic items (i.e. pacemaker)
• No previous history of epilepsy
• No foreign metal cranial bodies or metallic/magnetic implants