New Promise of Relief for Major Depression
From: Scientific American - 01/20/2015
By: Gary Stix

Deep-brain stimulation has shown potential to help the up to 20 percent of
patients with major depression who don’t get relief from medication,
psychotherapy or other means

Implantation of electrodes deep within the brain is now commonly performed
for treatment of the neurological disorders Parkinson’s disease and essential
tremor. But the use of deep-brain stimulation, as it is known, is expanding.
It is now being assessed in as many as 200 patients for major depression -
and is being considered for other disorders such as anorexia.

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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dbs-new-promise-of-relief-for-major-depression/

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An Electrode in the Brain Turns Off Depression 
From: Scientific American - 02/2015
By: Andres M. Lozano and Helen S. Mayberg

Electrical stimulation deep within the brain may alleviate devastating mood
disorders 

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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-electrode-in-the-brain-turns-off-depression/