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DIRK HARKINS of Adena receives a transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus last week. Harkins is seeking other veterans for a TMS pilot program. Harkins, a U.S. Army veteran who suffered a traumatic brain injury, says TMS helped save his life.
ADENA RESIDENT Dirk Harkins wants fellow veterans who need help with their mental health, addictions or both to try a treatment that he says helped save his life.
A free pilot program being funded by the state is getting underway, and volunteers who are military veterans are needed to make it a success. The Ohio Veterans NOW Project uses transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, to treat veterans. According to the Mayo Clinic, TMS is a non-invasive procedure. It uses an electromagnetic coil placed on the scalp near the forehead to deliver repetitive magnetic pulses to stimulate nerve cells in the brain.