Brain Stimulation Program

Director: Irving M. Reti, MBBS

The Brain Stimulation Program
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N. Wolfe Street
Meyer 3-181
Baltimore, MD 21287

Phone: 410-614-1732
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The Brain Stimulation Program in the Johns Hopkins Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences offers both electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on an inpatient and an outpatient basis.

Long known for its effectiveness, especially in the treatment of medication-resistant depression, ECT is one of the most applied and tested treatment methods for many psychiatric illness. We treat hundreds of patients a year with ECT here at Johns Hopkins.

New brain stimulating technologies have emerged in recent years that can directly regulate brain function without producing the cognitive side-effects associated with ECT and which do not require anesthesia. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is one of these technologies that has proven effective in clinical trials and we are using the only TMS device approved by the FDA for the treatment of major depression.

The field of brain stimulation continues to evolve as technology improves and as we learn more about brain function and how these treatment methods affect it. Our research program includes clinical trials utilizing these ECT and TMS as well as laboratory investigations into how they work and how they can be improved.

> Learn more about our ECT service

> Learn more about our rTMS service

> Learn about our research

To be evaluated for treatment or to learn more, call Jesus Gallegos at 410-614-1732.