Electrostimulation therapies come in a variety of flavors including cranial electrostimulation therapy (CES). What is the evidence, or lack thereof, for CES in those with major depression or bipolar depression? Cranial Electrostimulation DevicesCranial electrostimulation (CES, or transcranial alternating current stimulation [tACS]) devices use a very small, alternating current to stimulate regions of the brain. This single review for cranial electrostimulation devices for depression in the last 11 years looked at 18 studies, altogether containing 853 patients. Evidence for Cranial Electrostimulation Therapy (CES) in Treating DepressionIn short, there is little-to-no high-quality evidence that cranial electrostimulation (CES) therapy works for those with depression.

Source: Huffington Post May 06, 2017 17:26 UTC