Among the most vulnerable moments in a human life, pregnancy has long carried a quiet paradox: the very hormonal and emotional upheaval that demands mental health support often forecloses the safest pharmaceutical paths to it. In a small but meaningful clinical trial, perinatal psychiatrist Rana Jawish is testing whether transcranial magnetic stimulation paired with cognitive behavioral therapy can offer pregnant people a non-pharmaceutical route out of depression and anxiety. The work is early, but it speaks to a larger reckoning — that maternal mental health is not a private struggle but a c
Clinical trial explores magnetic brain stimulation as drug-free depression treatment for pregnant women
Untreated maternal depression and anxiety contribute to maternal mortality and family dysfunction, affecting both mothers and their children.