FDA Approves tDCS headset for Depression Treatment at home

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"For years, a small group of technology enthusiasts have been applying gentle electrical current to their brains in an effort to gain cognitive benefits, improve sleep, or aid memory. While brain stimulation, also referred to as neuromodulation, can take many forms, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) emerged as a reasonably safe, affordable choice for at-home experimentation for a range of purposes.

These devices have often been home-brewed or sold as wellness tools, but in her research into the do-it-yourself tDCS community, Anna Wexler, a medical ethicist at the University of Pennsylvania, found that in addition to brain boosting, many practitioners were self-medicating, using electrotherapy to treat symptoms of depression and anxiety. Until recently, there were no medical tDCS devices with U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.

In December the FDA approved a tDCS headset produced by Flow Neuroscience for treatment of major depressive disorder. ..."

FDA Approves tDCS for Depression Treatment - IEEE Spectrum "Flow’s headset is the first tDCS device approved by the FDA"

Flow Neuroscience’s transcranial direct current stimulation device has been approved by the FDA to treat depression