SynthesisJournal of psychiatric research2020
Transcranial magnetic stimulation to reduce suicidality - A review and naturalistic outcomes.
Synthesis in Journal of psychiatric research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03952468 (Combined Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Brief Cognitive Therapy to Reduce Suicide Behavior in High-Risk Veterans), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Combined Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Brief Cognitive Therapy to Reduce Suicide Behavior in High-Risk Veterans
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy and Tolerability of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Suicidal Ideation: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Efficacy of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Reducing Suicidal Ideation in Depression: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- The effect of once-daily vs. twice-daily intermittent theta burst stimulation on suicidal ideation in treatment-resistant depression.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025Trial
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation frequency effects on suicidal ideation in adolescents with major depressive disorder.Journal of affective disorders · 2025Trial
- Clinical effects and correlates of standard rTMS and theta burst stimulation (TBS) on suicidal ideation in late-life depression.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025Trial
- Effect of high frequency versus theta-burst repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on suicidality in patients with treatment-resistant depression.Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica · 2022Trial
- Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinological and neuroanatomical basis of suicidal behavior: potential therapeutic strategies with a focus on transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2025Article
- γ neuromodulations: unraveling biomarkers for neurological and psychiatric disorders.Military Medical Research · 2025Review
- The Effectiveness of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Suicidality: An Updated Systematic Review.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Frontal Pole Neuromodulation for Impulsivity and Suicidality in Veterans With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Common Co-Occurring Mental Health Conditions: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Targeting suicidal ideation in major depressive disorder with MRI-navigated Stanford accelerated intelligent neuromodulation therapy.Translational psychiatry · 2024Article
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation With and Without Text4Support for the Treatment of Resistant Depression: Protocol for a Patient-Centered Multicenter Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Therapeutic potential of brain stimulation techniques in the treatment of mental, psychiatric, and cognitive disorders.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2023Review
- Transdiagnostic Symptom Subtypes to Predict Response to Therapeutic Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Major Depressive Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Neurotechnological Approaches to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Review
- Hypomanic/manic switch after transcranial magnetic stimulation in mood disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of psychiatry · 2021Article
- Translating Interventional Neuroscience to Suicide: It's About Time.Biological psychiatry · 2021Review
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Severity Does Not Predict Depression Improvement, but May Impact Clinical Response and Remission.The Journal of clinical psychiatry · 2021Article
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Adolescent Major Depressive Disorder: A Focus on Neurodevelopment.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Review
- MEMS inductor fabrication and emerging applications in power electronics and neurotechnologies.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2021Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Although there is growing interest in the use of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) as a treatment for suicidality, efficacy data in this area, and knowledge of potential treatment mechanisms, remains limited. The first objective of this study was to systematically review clinical trial data examining the effectiveness of TMS as a treatment for suicidal ideation. Our secondary objective was to investigate the extent to which changes in suicidality are independent of improvements in depression in a clinical sample of veterans who received TMS treatment. In Study 1, we searched the Pubmed and biRxiv databases from inception until July 2019 to identify studies that examined the efficacy of TMS for suicidal thoughts and/or behaviors. Data regarding sample characteristics, treatment parameters, and results were synthesized from six randomized controlled trials and five unblinded trials (total n = 593). Our systematic review indicated that while TMS was consistently associated with reduced depression, its impact on suicidality is unclear. Interpretation of results related to suicidality were complicated by study design elements and modest sample sizes. In Study 2, we conducted a retrospective analysis of 43 patients who received care for depression in a neuromodulation clinic at a Veteran's Affairs hospital. Results found significant decreases in suicidal ideation, and depressive symptom change did not always account for improvements in ideation. Taken together, our literature review and clinic study indicate preliminary promise of TMS for suicide, and underscore the need for more fine-grained, suicide-specific TMS research.
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