This study is a multicenter prospective, parallel design, two-arm, rater-blinded randomized controlled pilot trial. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two treatment conditions. In the first condition, treatment consists of rTMS sessions combined with Text4Support. The second condition is made up of the treatment as usual (rTMS sessions alone). The recruitment process is scheduled to last 12 months. It will involve active treatment for six weeks and follow-up period observation periods of 1,3, and 6 months for participants in both arms of the study. Participants will be recruited from four different centers for this project. Two centers (the Addiction and Mental Health clinic and the Alberta day hospital) will be from the large, sociodemographic diverse city of Edmonton in Alberta Western Canada. The remaining two centers will be in Halifax and Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
Timeframe: Baseline
The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
Timeframe: 1 month
The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
Timeframe: 3 months
The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
Timeframe: 6 months