True North TMS at Willow Medical

06/24/2025

Accelerated deep TMS offers rapid, safe, and effective relief from treatment-resistant depression, transforming lives and providing hope where conventional therapies fall short.

09/24/2024

While Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ( ) may not be a familiar term to everyone, the basic concept of using electromagnetic fields to stimulate the brain has been studied for decades.

Read about the history of :
https://www.brainsway.com/knowledge-center/the-history-of-tms-deep-tms-as-depression-treatment/

06/05/2024

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and if you have depression, or know someone who does, a relatively new form of treatment is giving patients hope. It's called trans-cranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, and Dr. Steven Forman, a psychiatrist at the AHN Center of Psychiatric Neuromodulation, joine...

05/17/2024

How does Deep TMS work? Learn about the Deep TMS treatment process and its ability to safely regulate neural activity for greater well-being. Read more >

04/26/2024

Did you know that, unlike grief, there are no stages of ?

Depression, or major depressive disorder, is a mental health illness characterized by negative thought patterns that influence how one acts and feels. It is an extremely common illness, experienced by an estimated one in six people.

Fortunately, it is also one of the most treatable mental health disorders: nearly 90% of people who receive treatment for depression gain some relief from their symptoms, and healthcare advances like are providing relief for those who previously experienced treatment-resistant depression.

Learn more: https://www.brainsway.com/knowledge-center/understanding-the-stages-of-depression/

04/15/2024

During , we want to highlight the impact that stress can have on mental and physical health. In addition to raising the risk for high blood pressure and heart disease, it can also lead to depression and anxiety. That's why stress reduction is so important!

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04/13/2024

This article explains the importance of finishing a full course of TMS once it has begun to ensure the best results in treatment of depression.

Lack of early symptom improvement is not predictive of final responder status...

03/28/2024

Although depression is a worldwide epidemic, the various drugs used to treat it don’t work well or come with a load of side effects. Cate Montana reports on a new non-drug way to stimulate healing We are a sad species. According to the World Health Organization, major depressive disorder (MDD) is ...

03/12/2024

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/global-mental-health/202401/non-invasive-brain-stimulation-hope-for-depression?amp

Further research on TMS and tDCS could revolutionize depression treatment.

03/05/2024

What is transcranial magnetic stimulation ( )? WCCO | CBS News Minnesota recently explained how it can be used to treat medication-resistant .

Dr. Suzanne Jasberg, senior director of adult psychiatry at Ellie Mental Health said, "People who have depression, they're sad. They're hopeless, helpless. ... Often times they're thinking about death or su***de and those are all symptoms that we would hope will get better, if not completely go away, with the treatment. By the end of treatment, they're feeling 50 to 100% better. It's pretty magical."

Watch the interview:
https://cbsn.ws/3Uknh2k

02/27/2024

Get to know our Medical Director:

Dr. Telford has been serving the mental health needs of Alaskans for over 24 years practicing psychiatry in Alaska since 1996. He is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He completed his residency training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and received his medical degree from Northeastern Ohio Medical University. His primary focus has been treating acutely ill patients and has been the medical director of the Adult Mental Health Unit at Providence Alaska Medical Center since 2000. He is a past president of the Alaska Association and has served as psychiatry department chair at Providence Alaska Medical Center and medical director for the Psychiatric Emergency Department.

Dr. Telford is well-recognized amongst his peers as one of our states most skilled, dedicated, compassionate, and competent psychiatrists. Over the years, Dr. Telford has become increasingly aware of the limitations of antidepressants and has become interested in pursuing other methods for treating depression.

Excited about TMS and committed to expanding local community access, Dr. Telford decided to collaborate with another local psychiatrist, Dr. Eileen Ha. In 2018 they created an Alaskan owned, physician run TMS clinic, True North TMS at Willow Medical.

He enjoys offering a safe and effective treatment option and a better chance for recovery with TMS for refractory depression when other treatment options have failed or have been suboptimal.

02/22/2024

Breadcrumb Home News & Insights Study finds possible early predictor of successful transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy for major depression UCLA Health researchers say findings show more than half of patients reported positive response to treatment Credit: Joshua Sudock/UCLA Health November 20...