Located in Orange County, Newport Beach CA

The Brain Treatment Center (BTC) is a comprehensive service organization which consists of groups of leading psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and electric engineers. We are dedicated to advancing the understanding of neural function and neurophysiology by embracing innovative new technology in the diagnosis and treatment of debilitating diseases and disorders (including anxiety, autism, bipolar, depression and bipolar). Our mission is to provide:

1. Up-to-date information about mental health via public education.
2. Accurate diagnoses via electrophysiological analysis in cooperation with health service providers.
3. Unique state-of-the-art treatment information for various forms of mental disorders.

At our Newport Beach center and surrounding clinics, we provide free lectures once a month to update information for patients suffering from autism and other disorders, families, and health care providers. We have performed EEG recordings to assist in diagnoses of neuropsychiatric ailments, and using our on-site or mobile services, we have also used our personalized transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy and worked closely with physicians to treat patients.

A mental disorder is a behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual and is thought to cause distress or disability that is not expected as part of normal development or culture. The symptom varies in severity, and in some patients it can be devastating to the individual and family. Due to the diversity and unknown etiology of most illnesses, no treatment has been found to be 100% effective. Medication may help the symptoms in some patients, but many come with severe side effects that can make the treatment less tolerable. Anxiety, autism,bipolar,and depression including a multitude of other illnesses can be difficult to deal with, and treatment can be an area where patients often suffer great discomfort and become reliant on medication.

More children will be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder this year then cancer, diabetes, Downs Syndrome and AIDS combined. Autism, including Asperger Syndrome, Rett Syndrome, and Childhood Disintegrative Disorder and others, are terrible developmental disorders that cause individuals to be withdrawn from the rest of the world, ignoring all attempts at communication. Autism therapy sessions can be costly, and offer little to no promise of improvement, making dealing with the disorder increasingly difficult for the family.

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) has been shown to be effective in treating a number of mental disorders. TMS consists of repetitive magnetic pulses delivered to the brain using a coil of wire placed above the patient’s scalp. Traditional TMS has been used to activate neurons in areas of the brain that are shown to have low energy for patients with the disorder. At BTC, we have used “personalized” TMS, where the frequency of stimulation is tailored directly to the patient’s brainwaves. The purpose of this is to make use of the brain’s natural resonance to gently “tune” the brain, restoring the brain’s natural rhythm.

At BTC, we have over 50 years combined experience studying the brain, and in our research we have discovered an amazing fact. High order cognitive functions, including perception, thought, and mood, are in fact epiphenomena of its survival strategy. In a normal individual, when the brain turns to its regular rhythmic state, its metabolic rate reduces, and the individual usually feels calm and finds it easy to focus, but may lack motivation to do so. On the other hand, when the brainwave state becomes irregular, the metabolic rate increases, and the subject tends to feel energetic and finds it difficult to focus and center himself for an extended time period. In this context, most mental disorders can be looked at as extreme cases in the brainwave spectrum; patients with very rhythmic waves are likely to suffer from major depression and some form of ADD, and those who have very irregular waves are more vulnerable to anxiety, bipolar, ADHD, and even autistic disorder.

At BTC, we have taken the concept further then any form of traditional transcranial magnetic stimulation, tailoring fields directly to the patient's unique brainwave map to gently restore the brain's natural rhythm in a unique process we call personalized transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Woman receiving transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment.

Personalized transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has been performed on over 400 patients. Because personalized transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is tailored to the electrophysiology unique to the subject, stimulation energy levels can be dropped to a fraction of that routinely used in any clinics offering routine transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). As a result, the therapy is very gentle.

The results we have seen from use of personal TMS protocols have been phenomenal, with improvements often occurring in the first week. Personalized TMS has amazing potential to significantly improve the condition of people with autism. Throughout the personalized TMS protocol, brainwaves are monitored using an electroencephalogram (EEG) periodically, and can track positive changes occurring in the brain. The therapy does not require any concomitant medication, and existing medication regimens do not have to be altered in any way.

What The BTC offers is unique, and our goal is to help as many with it at our center as possible. Please call us for more details. We encourage you to speak with your physician regarding transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).