Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
A better solution for you and the people you care about.
A better solution for you and the people you care about.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be a disabling and difficult to treat neurological disorder characterized by response to a traumatic event that involves intense fear or helplessness.
PTSD is a common diagnosis in military veterans, survivors of sexual or physical assault, and major catastrophes. Those with PTSD can experience guilt, uncontrolled rage, rapid mood swings, depression, severe anxiety, insomnia, and more.
Though many individuals recover with time, PTSD symptoms can continue for years, and they can even emerge much later in life, long after the traumatic event. PTSD symptoms can disrupt relationships and be catastrophic for families.
If you or a loved one are living with the symptoms of PTSD and struggling to find relief, personalized therapy with MeRT has been shown to improve symptoms and restore normal brain function in PTSD and symptoms like depression and mood.
An important advancement in PTSD care: MeRT®, a personalized, EEG-guided brain stimulation treatment developed by Wave Neuro, is now FDA-cleared as an adjunctive treatment for adults with PTSD. This approach uses each patient’s unique brain activity to help guide personalized treatment.
MeRT begins with a brainwave analysis to understand your unique brain biology and identify areas of the brain that are not functioning or communicating properly.
Our experienced clinicians use this proprietary evaluation to understand your biology and develop a personalized, targeted treatment plan to restore normal brain communication and optimize cognitive function.
Therapy takes place over a few weeks. The process is simple and gentle, non-invasive, non-surgical, and non-pharmaceutical, stimulating affected locations in the brain to improve function.
MeRT® and a New Advancement in PTSD Care
When most people think of PTSD, they often think of military veterans. However, PTSD can also affect survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence.
Research cited by Wave Neuro suggests that 50–75% of domestic violence survivors develop PTSD at some point in their lives. Among survivors seeking shelter or legal assistance, more than 60% are reported to be living with PTSD.
Wave Neuro emphasizes that everyone living with PTSD deserves personalized care, including survivors whose experiences are often overlooked.
A New FDA Clearance for MeRT®
MeRT®, a personalized, EEG-guided brain stimulation treatment developed by Wave Neuro, is now FDA-cleared as an adjunctive treatment for adults with PTSD.
Understanding the Brain and PTSD
The prefrontal cortex plays an important role in focus, decision-making, self-control, and emotional balance. It also helps regulate the brain’s response to potential threats by communicating with the amygdala, which acts as the brain’s alarm system.
In people with PTSD, communication between the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala can become weaker. As a result, the brain’s alarm response may remain active even after a threat has passed. This can contribute to difficulty concentrating, managing emotions, or feeling calm.
How MeRT® Works
MeRT begins with an EEG that maps each patient’s unique brain activity, including patterns in areas such as the prefrontal cortex.
Using this information, MeRT delivers personalized magnetic stimulation tailored to the individual’s brain activity, with the goal of supporting healthier communication across brain networks.
Much like depression and other settings where neuromodulation is used successfully, patients with PTSD present particular markers on a brain scan with EEG, like increases in global alpha band brain power, a reduction of delta band power, or competing alpha, delta and theta waves that “drown out” a patient’s normal strong alpha frequency.
MeRT® is FDA-cleared as an adjunctive treatment for adults with PTSD. Treatment is personalized for each patient based on their individual brain activity, using a baseline EEG scan to help guide the approach.
MeRT has been shown to help restore alpha frequency, and treatment is personalized for each patient based on brain activity. Therapy takes place over the course of 20 to 30 days with regular in-office treatment via non-invasive and gentle transcranial magnetic resonance.
Symptom improvement has been profound for many patients suffering from PTSD. In one study, participants saw an average 61% reduction in symptom severity, and most participants who experienced sleeping difficulty, memory loss, attention deficit, or headache prior to treatment reported significant improvement in these symptoms.
As a promising approach, the U.S. military has ordered multiple research programs on neuromodulation therapy for the symptoms of PTSD.
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