A new device scientists say may help bring the mind and body into balance Author: Jim Mertens Updated: 6:30 PM CDT July 12, 2021 CINCINNATI — As many as 30% of Americans who have major depression may try medication after medication, and not find anything that works. It's even tougher for the seven percent of all American adults who have at least one episode of major depression each year, that's a depression that lasts two weeks or longer. Treatments include counseling, medications, or transcranial magnetic stimulation, TMS, to stimulate the mood-regulating parts of the brain. "Not all patients respond to the medication or to the neuromodulation," explained Dr. Francisco Romo-Nava, a physician scientist at the University of Cincinnati's Lindner Center of HOPE.