Could A Brain Implant Cure Depression?

Depression is a very serious mental illness that affects millions worldwide. Could a small brain implant cure it? Join Laci as she discusses a some new projects that are aiming to cure various mental illnesses.

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New Venture Aims to Understand and Heal Disrupted Brain Circuitry to Treat Mental Illness
http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2014/05/1146...
"Scientists and physicians at UC San Francisco are leading a $26 million, multi-institutional research program in which they will employ advanced technology to characterize human brain networks and better understand and treat a range of common, debilitating psychiatric disorders, focusing first on anxiety disorders and major depression."

Watching: DEPRESSION: Out of the Shadows
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/takeonestep/d...
"New discoveries are helping people with treatment-resistant depression. Deep brain stimulation gave Deanna her life back."

Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Follow-Up After 3 to 6 Years
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/artic...
"A prevalence of at least 30% for treatment-resistant depression has prompted the investigation of alternative treatment strategies."

A Depression Switch?
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/02/mag...
"Deanna Cole-Benjamin never figured to be a test case for a radical new brain surgery for depression."

Area 25 May Help the Severely Depressed
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives...
"Of the eighteen million Americans who suffer from major depression, possibly as many as four million are afflicted with what is known as 'treatment-resistant' depression."

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