An experimental treatment called deep brain stimulation may help individuals with severe depressions who do not respond to standard types of treatment. This is reported by Canadian investigators.



Four of six severely depressed patients underwent deep brain stimulation. This stimulation involves surgically implanting electrodes in a targeted area of the brain thought to be involved in depression. They experienced a “striking and sustained” let-up in their depression, as investigators report in the medical journal Neuron.



Despite treatment with antidepressant medications, psychotherapy and electroconvulsive therapy, the six patients had been suffering with depression for between 1.5 to 10 years, the team informed.



Via: Pak Tribune