Deep Brain Stimulation Gives Hope For Very Severe Depression

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 00:21 in Health & Medicine

Thanks to a new method, there is a reason for hope for patients with very severe depression. Physicians in Germany have treated ten patients with deep brain stimulation. Subsequent to this treatment, the patients' depression improved significantly in half of the patients. All patients had suffered from very severe depression for many years and did not respond to any other therapies.

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