It sounds like something out of a movie: electromagnetic pulses sent through your skull to cure a severe, persistent depression. Yet, so-called rTMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) has long ceased to be science fiction. In the Netherlands, the treatment has been reimbursed for years, and clinics are springing up everywhere. Why is Belgium lagging behind, how exactly does it work, and for whom is it a way out? Professor Chris Baeken, a psychi…
It sounds like something out of a movie: electromagnetic pulses sent through your skull to cure a severe, persistent depression. Yet, so-called rTMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) has long ceased to be science fiction. In the Netherlands, the treatment has been reimbursed for years, and clinics are springing up everywhere. Why is Belgium lagging behind, how exactly does it work, and for whom is it a way out? Professor Chris Baeken, a psychi…