Interventional psychiatry is an emerging subspecialty that utilizes neurotechnologies to identify dysfunctional brain circuitry underlying psychiatric disorders and apply brain stimulation techniques to modulate that circuitry.
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Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT): ECT is available for people suffering from particular behavioral and emotional disturbances.
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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS): (under development) now FDA approved for the treatment of resistant depressions.