As on all our pages about clinical practice guidelines (see Related Pages below), the guidelines on this page are listed in reverse chronological order (most recent first).
Note: Clinical practice guidelines published more than 10 years ago will be struck out on this page and later deleted because, in our opinion, we cannot assume that they are still valid.
2025
Trapp NT, Purgianto A, Taylor JJ, Singh MK, Oberman LM, Mickey BJ, Youssef NA, Solzbacher D, Zebley B, Cabrera LY, Conroy S, Cristancho M, Richards JR, Flood MJ, Barbour T, Blumberger DM, Taylor SF, Feifel D, Reti IM, McClintock SM, Lisanby SH, Husain MM; National Network of Depression Centers Neuromodulation Task Group. Consensus review and considerations on TMS to treat depression: A comprehensive update endorsed by the National Network of Depression Centers, the Clinical TMS Society, and the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. Clin Neurophysiol. 2025 Feb;170:206-233. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2024.12.015. Epub 2024 Dec 19. PMID: 39756350; PMCID: PMC11825283.
Chen L, Fukuda AM, Jiang S, Leuchter MK, van Rooij SJH, Widge AS, McDonald WM, Carpenter LL. Treating Depression With Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: A Clinician’s Guide. Am J Psychiatry. 2025 Apr 30:appiajp20240859. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20240859. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40302403.
2024
Hussain S, Chamoli S, Fitzgerald P, Gandhi A, Gill S, Sarma S, Loo C. Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists professional practice guidelines for the administration of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2024 May 5:48674241249846. doi: 10.1177/00048674241249846. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38706202.
Tang VM, Aaronson S, Abdelghani M, Baeken C, Barbour T, Brunoni AR, Bulteau S, Carpenter LL, Croarkin PE, Daskalakis ZJ, Fitzgerald PB, Kozel FA, Le Foll B, Mehta UM, Noda Y, Padberg F, Plewnia C, Su H, van Eijndhoven P, van Exel E, van Oostrom I, Vila-Rodriguez F, Voineskos D, Wilson S, Blumberger DM. Assessment and Management of Concurrent Substance Use in Patients Receiving Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Depressive, Obsessive-Compulsive, Psychotic, and Trauma-Related Disorders: A Delphi Consensus Study and Guideline. Am J Psychiatry. 2025 May 1;182(5):438-451. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20240403. Epub 2025 Mar 19. PMID: 40103354.
2020
Lefaucheur JP, Aleman A, Baeken C, Benninger DH, Brunelin J, Di Lazzaro V, Filipović SR, Grefkes C, Hasan A, Hummel FC, Jääskeläinen SK, Langguth B, Leocani L, Londero A, Nardone R, Nguyen JP, Nyffeler T, Oliveira-Maia AJ, Oliviero A, Padberg F, Palm U, Paulus W, Poulet E, Quartarone A, Rachid F, Rektorová I, Rossi S, Sahlsten H, Schecklmann M, Szekely D, Ziemann U. Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014-2018). Clin Neurophysiol. 2020 Feb;131(2):474-528. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2019.11.002. Epub 2020 Jan 1. Erratum in: Clin Neurophysiol. 2020 May;131(5):1168-1169. PMID: 31901449.
2018
McClintock SM, Reti IM, Carpenter LL, McDonald WM, Dubin M, Taylor SF, Cook IA, O’Reardon J, Husain MM, Wall C, Krystal AD, Sampson SM, Morales O, Nelson BG, Latoussakis V, George MS, Lisanby SH; National Network of Depression Centers rTMS Task Group; American Psychiatric Association Council on Research Task Force on Novel Biomarkers and Treatments. Consensus Recommendations for the Clinical Application of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in the Treatment of Depression. J Clin Psychiatry. 2018 Jan/Feb;79(1):16cs10905. doi: 10.4088/JCP.16cs10905. PMID: 28541649; PMCID: PMC5846193.
2016
Perera T, George MS, Grammer G, Janicak PG, Pascual-Leone A, Wirecki TS. The Clinical TMS Society Consensus Review and Treatment Recommendations for TMS Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder. Brain Stimul. 2016 May-Jun;9(3):336-346. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2016.03.010. Epub 2016 Mar 16. PMID: 27090022; PMCID: PMC5612370.
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