Angela Phillips

• PhD LCSW
• Clinical Director at Advanced Recovery Systems

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of disability. Sequelae can include functional impairments and psychiatric syndromes such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety. Special Operations Forces (SOF) veterans (SOVs) may be at an elevated risk for these complications, leading some to seek underexplored treatment a...

Hypnotizability, one’s ability to experience cognitive, emotional, behavioral and physical changes in response to suggestions in the context of hypnosis, is a stable neurobehavioral trait associated with improved treatment outcomes from hypnosis-based therapy. Increasing hypnotizability in people who are low-to-medium hypnotizable individuals could...

Introduction Identifying the factors that mediate treatment response to rTMS in MDD patients can guide clinicians to administer more appropriate, reliable, and personalized interventions. Objectives The present study aimed to investigate sex differences in response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in Major Depressive Disorder...

Mental health disorders and substance use disorders are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and one of the most important challenges for public health systems. While evidence-based psychotherapy is generally pursued to address mental health challenges, psychological change is often hampered by non-adherence to treatments, relapses,...

Introduction The present study aimed to investigate sex differences in response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) patients. Identifying the factors that mediate treatment response to rTMS in MDD patients can guide clinicians to administer more appropriate, reliable, and personalized interventi...

The first works, in the mid-1990s, that showed that electromagnetic waves could stimulate neurons have led to the discovery that transcranial magnetic stimulation could alter mood states. Swiftly, a repetitive form of transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been used as a therapy for depression and is now well established as part of treatment-...

Hypnosis is associated with alterations in the sense of agency which can play a role in its utilization as a nonpharmacological option for pain management. The goal of the current study was to examine the relationships between responsiveness to suggestions in hypnosis and alterations of the sense of agency among patients with fibromyalgia. Ninety-e...

Introduction: Rumination is a common symptom of major depressive disorder (MDD), however, few studies assessed behavioral and physiological effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on this specific symptom, which is the aim of this investigation. Methods: 61 participants (36 women) with minimum Hamilton’s score of 19 were incl...

Sex differences in the antidepressant response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for major depressive disorder (MDD) are poorly understood. Electroencephalography (EEG) can serve as a biomarker for treatment response, and deep learning (DL) can classify EEGsignals to predict response. In this study, five DL models were created...

Objective: Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, and half of patients with depression have treatment-resistant depression. Intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS) is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression but is limited by suboptimal efficacy and a 6-week duratio...

The primary objective of this presentation is to present mental health data collected across the world during the quarantine orders related to COVID-19 pandemic and characterize depression, anxiety and stress levels world-wide in relation to SES factors, personal burden and personal care changes.Survey data on mental health (stress, depression and...

Hypnotizability, one’s ability to experience cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and physical changes in response to suggestions in the context of hypnosis, is a highly stable trait associated with increased functional connectivity between the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (L-DLPFC) and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC). We conducted a pr...

Background Seizures are rare during repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) treatment, but estimating risk is difficult because of study heterogeneity and sampling limitations. Moreover, there are few studies comparing rates between device manufacturers. Objective The objective of this study was to calculate rTMS seizure rates across v...

This study reports perceived stress and associated sociodemographic factors from an international sample of adults, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) along with socio-demographic questions were conducted between 8 April 2020 and 11 May 2020. The survey was translated from English into five languages. Recruitment was...

Objective: Neuromodulatory brain stimulation interventions for traumatic brain injury (TBI)-related health sequelae, such as psychiatric, cognitive, and pain disorders, are on the rise. Because of disproportionate recruitment and epidemiological reporting of TBI-related research in men, there is limited understanding of TBI development, pathophysi...

Objective: New antidepressant treatments are needed that are effective, rapid acting, safe, and tolerable. Intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS) is a noninvasive brain stimulation treatment that has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treatment-resistant depression. Recent methodological advances suggest that the curre...

Background: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a noninvasive Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved treatment for unipolar treatment-resistant depression (TRD). rTMS has been utilized clinically to treat bipolar TRD; however, there remains a lack of evidence and support for effectively utilizing this intervention for bipol...

Background Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) is a non-invasive FDA-approved treatment for unipolar treatment resistant depression (TRD). rTMS has been utilized clinically to treat bipolar TRD; however, there remains a lack of evidence and support for effectively utilizing this intervention for bipolar TRD. We retrospectively analy...