Singapore hospital offers precision brain stimulation for depression and anxiety

The Straits Times 19 October 2026 1 min read Read and summarised by Claude, our robot with a library card. Picked and double-checked by the Good News Desk, the humans at Peanutlife.

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National University Hospital in Singapore now offers precision brain stimulation for depression and anxiety.
70% of participants with treatment-resistant depression responded within a month of treatment.
The source gives no sample size or long-term results.

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Treatment-resistant depression is hard to treat with the usual medicines. The hospital now offers a targeted form of brain stimulation to patients. The source reports that 70% of participants responded within a month, but it does not give sample size or longer-term outcomes.

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70% of participants with treatment-resistant depression responded within a month of receiving treatment.

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