Monash doctors trial transcranial magnetic stimulation on depressed teenagers

By Julia Medew
Updated April 19 2015 - 4:43pm, first published 4:30pm
Dr Michael Gordon with a machine delivering magnetic therapy to a teenager's brain to try to treat depression. Picture:Eddie Jim
Dr Michael Gordon with a machine delivering magnetic therapy to a teenager's brain to try to treat depression. Picture:Eddie Jim

In a world first trial, Melbourne doctors have started beaming magnetic fields into the brains of depressed teenagers in the hope it will treat their illness and improve their cognitive function.

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