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Owen Scott Muir · Said 4 Feb 2025 · owen-2463
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“So it's likely that if your underlying depression is recurrent, you're gonna need the treatment again. And retreatment is, again, necessary and highly likely to be successful, like greater than, I don't actually have the real numbers, but like 90% plus of people are gonna respond to a second course of treatment if they need it.”
Psychofarm Part 1. Muir on durability: TMS causes no permanent brain change, recurrent depression will need retreatment, and he estimates 90%+ response to a second course; durability about a year in his own work.
Descriptive, retrospective, or a statement of preference; no future state asserted.