Deep Brain Stimulation for Major Depression: Miracle therapy or just another treatment?
The idea of using deep brain stimulation for treatment of major depressive disorder is one that's been brewing for a while. Every so often I see another followup or report of a long-term study on deep brain stimulation. A followup came out recently in Nature News , documenting the long term success of a small clinical study. These studies are only going to get more press as deep brain stimulation treatment is investigated, and it's worth asking now: is this the miracle that depressed patients have been looking for? Or is it only another therapy, with another low chance of success?
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