Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for Depression in Autism

This study will evaluate the effects of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), a type of noninvasive brain stimulation for potentially treating depression in autistic individuals. TMS is a therapy that has been approved for conditions like depression, anxious depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Depression is common in autism so there is a need to better understand why autistic individuals have higher rates of depression than neurotypical individuals. In addition, many autistic individuals with depression may not respond to the standard antidepressant medications. In our study we conduct clinical assessments, then EEG and eye tracking experiments before and after TMS.

Participation consists of 2 or 3 visits to our lab and participants will be compensated up to $250.