ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Presbyterian doctors say a new noninvasive brain-stimulation machine is already helping some patients with depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Presbyterian introduced the treatment at its Kaseman Adult Behavioral Health Clinic, where Adult Psychiatrist Dr. David Vivas said doctors started using the machine three months ago.
“It is a machine that delivers electromagnetic pulses to stimulate a very specific area of the brain that we know it plays a big role in some mental health conditions,” said Dr. David Vivas…