The blue and white balloons and ribbon outside Ocean Mental Health Services in Manahawkin this week officially welcomed a piece of equipment that can help people struggling with major depressive disorder by administering a treatment called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.

Wielding the giant blue scissors was Jim Cooney, CEO of OMHS, a nonprofit healthcare agency with over 40 programs.

Depression is the number one illness in the world, he told everyone gathered, and is more prevalent than heart disease, diabetes and cancer.