[Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and its contributions to psychiatry]

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive and safe procedure with few adverse effects. TMS stimulates the cerebral cortex and makes changes in different psychiatric disorders. Most of the research done has highlighted its antidepressive efficiency in patients suffering resistant depressions. What's more, TMS has been recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration and its analysis and benefits have been extended to other clinical entities, making it possible to consider TMS a possible and promising alternative for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. The aim of the current review is to know and update the possible benefits published so far and to analyze the impact of this new method in psychiatry.