Phoenix Mental Health

  • Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS): A modern approach to cognitive and emotional enhancement?

    Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS): A modern approach to cognitive and emotional enhancement?

    By Dr Martine Stoffels, consultant neuropsychiatrist and clinical director, Dr Danny Allen, consultant general adult psychiatrist and clinical director and Jasmin Samuel, director of operations and clinical services, Phoenix Mental Health Services Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique that has gained increasing attention in the fields of neurorehabilitation, psychiatry, and [...]

  • Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and its potential in improving executive function

    Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and its potential in improving executive function

    By Dr Martine Stoffels, consultant neuropsychiatrist and clinical director, Phoenix Mental Health Services  Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) has emerged as a promising non-invasive neuromodulation technique that modulates brain activity by delivering a low electrical current to targeted regions of the brain. tDCS is used in people with depression and is used in people who [...]

  • Should rTMS become a mainstay in neurorehabilitation?

    Should rTMS become a mainstay in neurorehabilitation?

    By Dr Martine Stoffels, consultant neuropsychiatrist and clinical director, Phoenix Mental Health Services Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has travelled an extraordinary path, from a niche neuroscience tool to a frontline therapy in treatment-resistant depression. But could it now reshape the future of neurorehabilitation? Dr Martine Stoffels, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist and Clinical Director at Phoenix Mental [...]