A client comes into a psychiatric mental health facility suffering from major depression
He tells the nurse that a friend of a relative who lives in Canada has undergone transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). He would like to know if he can receive the treatment. Which of the following is the nurse's best response?
A) "The treatment was researched by the Food and Drug Administration and rejected."
B) "The treatment has many dangerous side effects."
C) "The treatment is considered safe and minimally invasive."
D) "The treatment has been found to be ineffective for major depression."
Ans: C
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TMS is considered the safest and least invasive of the new stimulating techniques now under research. Its advantage is that it has no side effects though efficacy appears modest. TMS has been approved in Canada and Israel for refractory depression. In 2008, the FDA approved TMS in the United States for the treatment of depression.
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