Turlock police, fire could be offered brain stimulation therapy [Video]

TURLOCK, Calif. — There’s a new question for Turlock’s police detectives and fire investigators, but this one doesn’t require any lights and sirens: is there another way to treat the aftermath of trauma without a need to medicate?

It’s a question Dr. Kevin Murphy, CEO of PeakLogic, believes he’s answered. Now, the city of Turlock is weighing whether it can actually help first responders and dispatchers with post-COVID stress and trauma.

It’s called PrTMS, or Personalized Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. It’s a long name with some technical terms, but it generally comes down to treating the brain instead of the problem, at least initially. 

As Murphy puts it, PrTMS tunes up the orchestra (the brain) to make sure everyone is playing the same sheet music and harmonizes.

“We have noise, and the system is not …