Magnetizing the Mind: Exploring Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Practice, Research & Resources With McLean Hospital
December 2025
This session explores how transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is transforming the study and treatment of psychological disorders by directly modulating the neural circuits underlying mood, cognition, and behavior.
The presenters describe how TMS works and how it can be used in special populations. New developments in accelerated and personalized stimulation protocols will be highlighted, illustrating how TMS bridges neuroscience and clinical psychology to advance a truly integrative model of mind–brain change.
Learning objectives
By the end of this webinar, participants can:
Describe TMS in terms of its mechanisms of action, indications/contraindications, efficacy, and safety profile.
Explain how TMS can be used in special populations and the methods used to personalize and optimize TMS treatment.
Discuss the future direction TMS treatment might take.
Presenter disclaimer
Drs. Jennifer Gatchel and Sanjali Kumar have working relationships with McLean Hospital. As such, they have both a financial and an intellectual interest in the webinar content. The purpose of this presentation is to provide a balanced view on the evolving role of TMS in the research and treatment of psychological disorders.
Accessibility
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This program does not offer CE credit.
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Presenters
Jennifer R. Gatchel, MD, PhD
Gatchel is an assistant psychiatrist in the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry at McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital and an instructor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS). She obtained a BS in molecular biology and a BA in honors liberal arts in 1999 at the University of Texas-Austin and earned an MD and a PhD in neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine. She is the recipient of the HMS Psychiatry Dupont Warren Fellowship and Livingston Award to carry out research investigating the neurobiology of depression in late life and early Alzheimer’s disease. She also assists with the research of Nancy J. Donovan, MD, a geriatric psychiatrist whose work focuses on the detection of neuropsychiatric symptoms and social behavioral changes in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease.
Sanjali Kumar, MD
Kumar is a psychiatrist at McLean Hospital and an instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She received her MD from Creighton University School of Medicine and completed residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Kumar is the associate medical director of the Neurotherapeutics Clinic at McLean.
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