Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Difficult-to-Treat Depression: New Expert Consensus on When and How to Use It
Shyam Tailor
A New Era of Guidance for One of the Most Challenging Patient Populations
Difficult-to-treat depression (DTD) represents one of the most complex and burdensome conditions in psychiatry. These are patients who continue to experience significant symptoms despite multiple evidence-based treatments, including medications, psychotherapy, and neuromodulation approaches such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
A recently published international expert...