What if you’re pregnant or breast-feeding and can’t take psychotropic medicine for depression? Are you doomed to suffer?
Have you tried antidepressants with little or no measurable improvement? There’s help.
Can’t take antidepressants? There’s new hope with TMS.
Afraid to stop antidepressant medication? There’s an alternative.
JD Kalmenson interviews Dr. Merrill Sparago, MD to explore the efficacy of TMS, a relatively new, and amazingly effective, non-invasive treatment option.
JD Kalmenson interviews Dr. Merrill Sparago, MD a prominent psychiatrist in Los Angeles, who is an expert in the use of novel therapeutics for the treatment of depression and related disorders. He has been using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation therapy for over 10 years in his own lab with spectacular results. Dr. Sparago’s education includes a residency in perinatal psychiatry at the UCLA Women’s Life Center, where he did a research fellowship as well as served as a volunteer clinical instructor. He has given numerous talks about the use of TMS, including grand rounds presentations at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. Dr. Sparago maintains a private practice for adults, specializing in the treatment of depression, OCD, and perinatal mental health.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California.
Learn More about Montare Behavioral Health: https://montarebehavioralhealth.com/about/digital-library/
Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
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