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Treating Depression With Deep Brain Stimulation

Treating Depression With Deep Brain Stimulation

Experimental New Approach For Treatment-Resistant Depression A recent paper in the Archives of General Psychiatry, a leading psychiatric journal, describes a study investigating deep brain stimulation (DBS) for the treatment of depression. This study involved electrical stimulation of a specific brain region via surgically implanted electrodes in 17 persons suffering from severe treatment-resistant depression. Participants were evaluated for a period[…]

Compulsive Choices in Addiction?

Compulsive Choices in Addiction

How Do I Approach Clients Who Feel Out of Control Is addiction an issue of bad choices or is it a case of biological, compulsive, necessity? If you know anything about me and my views, you know that I think little of anyone who tries to separate these. I see and talk to people all the time who are stuck in compulsive[…]