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Guidelines for prescribing melatoninD Avery
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98104 2499, USA
Ann Med 30:122-30. 1998..In several studies, melatonin has been shown to shorten sleep latency. Further studies are needed to clarify the efficacy and safety of melatonin...- Is dawn simulation effective in ameliorating the difficulty awakening in seasonal affective disorder associated with hypersomnia?David H Avery
University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
J Affect Disord 69:231-6. 2002..Dawn simulation has been found effective in treating SAD, but its effect on difficulty awakening has not been assessed... - Transcranial magnetic stimulation reduces pain in patients with major depression: a sham-controlled studyDavid H Avery
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98104 2499, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 195:378-81. 2007..Compared with sham, TMS was associated with a significant (p < 0.05) reduction in the SAFTEE pain item during the study. The reduction in pain could not be explained by the antidepressant effects... - A controlled study of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in medication-resistant major depressionDavid H Avery
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, 98104 2499, USA
Biol Psychiatry 59:187-94. 2006..Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) as a treatment for depression has shown statistically significant effects, but the clinical significance of these effects has been questioned... 
Improving the antidepressant efficacy of transcranial magnetic stimulation: maximizing the number of stimulations and treatment location in treatment-resistant depressionWilliam M McDonald
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Depress Anxiety 28:973-80. 2011..And, to determine if patients who do not remit to fast left will remit using slow right rTMS (1 Hz @ 120% MT over the right DLPFC)...- Hotel room suicidePaul Zarkowski
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Harborview Medical Center, Univeristy of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104 2499, USA
Suicide Life Threat Behav 36:578-81. 2006..9/100,000 p = 0.002). The study results suggest that there is an increased risk of suicide in local residents who register in local hotel rooms... 
The effect of daily prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over several weeks on resting motor thresholdPaul Zarkowski
University of Washington, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle WA 98104 2499, USA
Brain Stimul 2:163-7. 2009..In many clinical studies to date, due to concerns about potential drift, the rMT has been routinely re-measured weekly or every fifth session...- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation may induce language switching in bilingual patientsPaul Holtzheimer
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Brain Lang 94:274-7. 2005..These preliminary findings support the role of the DLPFC in language switching in polyglots and highlight the potential value of rTMS for non-invasively investigating language function in humans. Further investigation is warranted... - Hotel room suicide: Las Vegas and Clark CountyKjersti Gemar
Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 43:25-7. 2008..6/100,000, P<0.0001. Residents of Clark County registering in local hotels have an increased suicide risk that is statistically significant. Possible explanations for the results are provided... - Shorter duration of depressive episode may predict response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulationPaul E Holtzheimer
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
Depress Anxiety 19:24-30. 2004..Patients may need more than 10 treatments to obtain full benefit from rTMS. The design of future rTMS studies should consider these issues... - Transcranial magnetic stimulation in the acute treatment of major depressive disorder: clinical response in an open-label extension trialDavid H Avery
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98104 2499, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 69:441-51. 2008.... - Comparison of clinical efficacy and side effects for bitemporal and bifrontal electrode placement in electroconvulsive therapyCatherine J Bakewell
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA
J ECT 20:145-53. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that BT electrode placement offers better efficacy but modestly greater cognitive impairment than BF electrode placement... - Within-session mood changes from TMS in depressed patientsTobias Dang
Group Health Cooperative, Central Behavioral Health, 1730 Minor Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 19:458-63. 2007
Research Grants
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in the Treatment of Chronic Widespread PainDavid Avery; Fiscal Year: 2007..TMS is a technique that non-invasively affects the brain, including areas of the brain involved in pain perception. ..
- TMS TREATMENT OF MAJOR DEPRESSIONDavid Avery; Fiscal Year: 2002..Nonresponders to sham stimulation will be offered rTMS. ..
- Optimization of TMS for DepressionDavid Avery; Fiscal Year: 2009..This clinical site grant (CSG) proposal is one of four scientifically identical proposals resubmitted under a CSMD mechanism.] ..