What did this study find?
This review surveys pulsed electromagnetic field and cranial electrotherapy research in anxiety, panic and post-traumatic stress. It reports cranial electrotherapy outperforming sham, effects of low-intensity fields on serotonin receptors, and increased alpha EEG activity in seventy-seven percent of treated individuals. Reviews summarize prior work and cannot establish efficacy on their own.
What are the details of this record?
- Full citation
- Pawluk W. Pulsed Magnetic Field Treatment of Anxiety, Panic and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders. Herald Open Access.
- Authors
- William Pawluk, MD
- Study design
- Narrative review
- Sample size and population
- Not reported in the published record
- Evidence grade
- Grade Review on the BioReg grading scale
- Reported findings
- Comprehensive review showing CES (a form of PEMF) significantly more effective than sham for anxiety. Low-intensity PEMFs positively affect brain 5-HT receptors. Alpha EEG activity increased in 77% of treated individuals.
- DOI
- No DOI recorded
- PubMed
- Not indexed in PubMed
- Related categories
- Anxiety (category grade B+)
A positive PEMF study is not evidence for a specific device unless the signal parameters studied, frequency, intensity, waveform, and exposure duration, are reasonably comparable to what that device produces. Where this record does not list those parameters, the source report did not publish them. See the grading methodology. Library last reviewed 2026-08-27.