US FDA Approves First At-Home Device To Treat Depression – Here’s What You Need To Know

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared an at-home brain stimulation headset developed by Flow Neuroscience to help treat depression, giving patients another option beyond standard antidepressant drugs, which many people struggle to stay on because of long-term side effects, the company announced on Thursday.Rates of depression in the U.S. have climbed sharply, rising by about 60% over the past ten years and now affecting more than 20 million adults, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.FDA Approves First At-Home Brain Stimulation Device For Treatment of DepressionThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a home-use brain stimulation device designed to treat major depressive disorder in adults. The device, known as FL-100 and made by