Vera French using brain stimulation to treat major depressive disorder
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[{'start': '1.760', 'end': '5.839', 'text': 'Mental health treatment has advanced'}, {'start': '3.679', 'end': '8.160', 'text': 'beyond taking medications. And a'}, {'start': '5.839', 'end': '10.240', 'text': 'technology you may not be aware of is'}, {'start': '8.160', 'end': '12.160', 'text': 'being used in the Quad Cities to help'}, {'start': '10.240', 'end': '14.480', 'text': 'treat people suffering from a serious'}, {'start': '12.160', 'end': '16.400', 'text': 'form of depression. Dr. Rich Whitaker'}, {'start': '14.480', 'end': '18.240', 'text': 'with Vera French joins us now to explain'}, {'start': '16.400', 'end': '20.640', 'text': 'how it works. Thanks for coming in.'}, {'start': '18.240', 'end': '24.400', 'text': "You're welcome. Well, first let's define"}, {'start': '20.640', 'end': '27.199', 'text': 'what major depressive disorder is and'}, {'start': '24.400', 'end': '29.199', 'text': "how that's different from a a standard"}, {'start': '27.199', 'end': '31.199', 'text': 'diagnosis of depression. Right. Well,'}, {'start': '29.199', 'end': '33.760', 'text': 'you know, everybody has experienced a'}, {'start': '31.199', 'end': '35.920', 'text': 'down day, but major depressive disorder'}, {'start': '33.760', 'end': '37.360', 'text': "is when you feel that low mood. You're"}, {'start': '35.920', 'end': '39.440', 'text': 'not interested in anything. You almost'}, {'start': '37.360', 'end': '41.440', 'text': "don't have any energy for two weeks or"}, {'start': '39.440', 'end': '43.840', 'text': 'longer. And when people have severe'}, {'start': '41.440', 'end': '47.760', 'text': 'major depression, sometimes that could'}, {'start': '43.840', 'end': '49.840', 'text': 'last weeks, years uh and nothing seems'}, {'start': '47.760', 'end': '51.840', 'text': 'to work for some people and it really'}, {'start': '49.840', 'end': '53.520', 'text': 'affects their daily life. Right. It'}, {'start': '51.840', 'end': '54.960', 'text': "does. It actually makes it so that it's"}, {'start': '53.520', 'end': '58.000', 'text': "even hard to move. It's hard to get out"}, {'start': '54.960', 'end': '60.239', 'text': "of bed. It's u appetite is either up or"}, {'start': '58.000', 'end': '61.840', 'text': "down. you've had trouble sleeping or you"}, {'start': '60.239', 'end': '64.320', 'text': "sleep too much. That's all you want to"}, {'start': '61.840', 'end': '66.560', 'text': "do. It it really affects people's"}, {'start': '64.320', 'end': '68.560', 'text': 'ability just to function in daily life.'}, {'start': '66.560', 'end': '70.640', 'text': 'And the treatment is typically'}, {'start': '68.560', 'end': '72.560', 'text': "medication, but if that doesn't work,"}, {'start': '70.640', 'end': '75.600', 'text': "you're using a technology you've been"}, {'start': '72.560', 'end': '77.520', 'text': 'using for a couple of years now. Um that'}, {'start': '75.600', 'end': '79.680', 'text': 'shows a lot of promise. Tell us a little'}, {'start': '77.520', 'end': '82.400', 'text': 'bit about this technology. Okay. Yeah.'}, {'start': '79.680', 'end': '83.720', 'text': 'If if talk therapy or medication just'}, {'start': '82.400', 'end': '86.240', 'text': "doesn't"}, {'start': '83.720', 'end': '89.600', 'text': 'work, people can use something called'}, {'start': '86.240', 'end': '91.200', 'text': 'transcranial magnetic stimulation. Uh at'}, {'start': '89.600', 'end': '93.280', 'text': "Vera French, we've been doing that since"}, {'start': '91.200', 'end': '96.880', 'text': 'the pandemic actually for several years.'}, {'start': '93.280', 'end': '99.360', 'text': "We've treated over 225 people. And what"}, {'start': '96.880', 'end': '101.840', 'text': "it is is it's a magnetic pulse. There's"}, {'start': '99.360', 'end': '104.720', 'text': 'a magnet that um rests on your forehead'}, {'start': '101.840', 'end': '107.200', 'text': 'about like this. And that and that pulse'}, {'start': '104.720', 'end': '109.360', 'text': 'uh stimulates nerve cells in your brain'}, {'start': '107.200', 'end': '111.520', 'text': 'right where the mood center is. And it'}, {'start': '109.360', 'end': '113.439', 'text': 'actually the way I think of it is it'}, {'start': '111.520', 'end': '115.680', 'text': 'wakes up your brain over and over and'}, {'start': '113.439', 'end': '119.520', 'text': 'over till your brain does it on its own.'}, {'start': '115.680', 'end': '121.520', 'text': 'Now it looks a little ominous and um you'}, {'start': '119.520', 'end': '122.960', 'text': 'can certainly assure people that I mean'}, {'start': '121.520', 'end': '125.280', 'text': 'it kind of looks like a dentist chair'}, {'start': '122.960', 'end': '127.040', 'text': 'and then you have this head gear. Um but'}, {'start': '125.280', 'end': '129.520', 'text': "you've tried it yourself. So what is it"}, {'start': '127.040', 'end': '131.599', 'text': 'like? Yeah, I I was a test patient and'}, {'start': '129.520', 'end': '133.120', 'text': "uh you know that magnet's about the"}, {'start': '131.599', 'end': '135.520', 'text': 'shape of my hand. It just sits right on'}, {'start': '133.120', 'end': '137.360', 'text': 'your forehead and it feels like'}, {'start': '135.520', 'end': '141.040', 'text': "someone's tapping on the inside of your"}, {'start': '137.360', 'end': '142.959', 'text': "skull. Um, it doesn't hurt. Uh, it's it"}, {'start': '141.040', 'end': '146.080', 'text': 'lasts about 20 minutes the total'}, {'start': '142.959', 'end': '147.760', 'text': 'treatment. Uh, about 3,000 pulses. So,'}, {'start': '146.080', 'end': '150.480', 'text': "there's there's literally magnetic"}, {'start': '147.760', 'end': '153.360', 'text': 'pulses that are stimulating your your'}, {'start': '150.480', 'end': '155.120', 'text': 'brain cells and getting them to fire and'}, {'start': '153.360', 'end': '157.200', 'text': 'to work correctly. Yeah. So, what is'}, {'start': '155.120', 'end': '159.360', 'text': 'your success rate? Well, you know,'}, {'start': '157.200', 'end': '160.879', 'text': 'people who have completed TMS, they go'}, {'start': '159.360', 'end': '162.879', 'text': 'through about six weeks of treatment'}, {'start': '160.879', 'end': '167.360', 'text': 'every day for about 20 minutes, five'}, {'start': '162.879', 'end': '168.920', 'text': 'days a week. And um for 225 people'}, {'start': '167.360', 'end': '171.680', 'text': 'treated so far,'}, {'start': '168.920', 'end': '173.360', 'text': '83% got better. Wow. Where their their'}, {'start': '171.680', 'end': '175.760', 'text': 'depression went down below clinical'}, {'start': '173.360', 'end': '177.920', 'text': 'levels. Oh, that is amazing. Are there'}, {'start': '175.760', 'end': '180.280', 'text': 'any side effects? You know, the amazing'}, {'start': '177.920', 'end': '182.959', 'text': 'thing is there are no side effects to to'}, {'start': '180.280', 'end': '184.879', 'text': 'transcranomagnetic stimulation. The only'}, {'start': '182.959', 'end': '186.879', 'text': 'thing is maybe right after the treatment'}, {'start': '184.879', 'end': '188.800', 'text': 'you feel a little bit of soreness right'}, {'start': '186.879', 'end': '191.840', 'text': 'where the where that pulse was was'}, {'start': '188.800', 'end': '194.640', 'text': "happening, but otherwise there's no side"}, {'start': '191.840', 'end': '196.560', 'text': "effects. But it's not for everybody. You"}, {'start': '194.640', 'end': '198.879', 'text': 'have to have this um clinical'}, {'start': '196.560', 'end': '201.280', 'text': 'depression. Right. Right. And it it'}, {'start': '198.879', 'end': '203.519', 'text': 'needs to be moderate to severe major'}, {'start': '201.280', 'end': '205.680', 'text': "depressive disorder and you've already"}, {'start': '203.519', 'end': '207.760', 'text': "tried medication. You've you've gone"}, {'start': '205.680', 'end': '210.400', 'text': 'through all the all the other treatments'}, {'start': '207.760', 'end': '212.239', 'text': 'and um but insurance covers it. Then'}, {'start': '210.400', 'end': '213.280', 'text': 'Medicaid, Medicare, all the major'}, {'start': '212.239', 'end': '215.599', 'text': 'insuranceances will cover this'}, {'start': '213.280', 'end': '218.239', 'text': 'treatment. Yeah. Do you see uh this kind'}, {'start': '215.599', 'end': '220.959', 'text': 'of technology expanding in mental health'}, {'start': '218.239', 'end': '223.519', 'text': 'treatment? Absolutely. This is this is'}, {'start': '220.959', 'end': '225.120', 'text': 'the exciting thing that uh transcranial'}, {'start': '223.519', 'end': '227.040', 'text': "magnetic stimulation doesn't just work"}, {'start': '225.120', 'end': '229.200', 'text': "for depression. It's also been approved"}, {'start': '227.040', 'end': '231.440', 'text': 'for obsessivecompulsive disorder, for'}, {'start': '229.200', 'end': '233.680', 'text': 'migraine treatment, to help people stop'}, {'start': '231.440', 'end': '236.080', 'text': "smoking. Uh and it's also being looked"}, {'start': '233.680', 'end': '238.239', 'text': 'at for bipolar disorder, for uh'}, {'start': '236.080', 'end': '241.760', 'text': 'post-traumatic stress disorder, all'}, {'start': '238.239', 'end': '243.200', 'text': 'kinds of of options now for for people.'}, {'start': '241.760', 'end': '245.599', 'text': "Now, not everything's covered by"}, {'start': '243.200', 'end': '247.439', 'text': 'insurance yet, but just as soon as that'}, {'start': '245.599', 'end': '248.879', 'text': 'is, Verrench will be offering those'}, {'start': '247.439', 'end': '250.480', 'text': 'those other options. All right. Well,'}, {'start': '248.879', 'end': '252.000', 'text': 'this is fascinating. We appreciate you'}, {'start': '250.480', 'end': '253.840', 'text': "telling us about this technology you're"}, {'start': '252.000', 'end': '256.080', 'text': 'already using here in the Quad Cities.'}, {'start': '253.840', 'end': '256.080', 'text': 'Dr.'}]