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Deep Brain Stimulation as Depression Treatment

Posted by samzenpus on from the there's-something-wrong-with-my-brain dept.

Neopallium writes "Medtronic, today announced its intentions to pursue a major clinical trial of the company's deep brain stimulation (DBS) technology in the treatment of severe and intractable depression, a disabling form of the psychiatric disorder affecting millions of people worldwide. "While not a cure, DBS has allowed these patients to return to much more functional and happy lives," said Dr. Rezai, who represented an international working group of physicians that has been studying the application of DBS therapy in the treatment of intractable depression and OCD in collaboration with Medtronic."

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  1. Stimulating by Nefarious+Wheel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now if I could just get some Deep Brain Coffee into me...

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    1. Re:Stimulating by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 4, Funny

      I wish it was as simple as that. It would sure beat what I have to do now, which is sprinkle a layer of espresso-grind coffee into my shoes, score the bottoms of my feet with a razor blade, and then tie my shoelaces really tight, so as not to leave a trail of blood after me.

      I think for what you're proposing, you'd need to attach some sort of reservoir for hot water on top of ones head, with a french press type plunger to force the caffeine past the blood/brain barrier.

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  2. It would work for me by Mrs.+Grundy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well...if my brain is where my wife says it is, I can see this working quite well.

  3. Re:Unexpected side-effects by 0racle · · Score: 5, Funny

    How depressing ...
    They can fix that now.

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  4. possible spam by William+Robinson · · Score: 5, Funny
    Dear Sir,

    Our records indicate that you had been modded as Troll continuously for last 6 months on slashdot. We understand how depressing this can be.

    We can offer you Deep Brain Stmulation to fix the depression and additional free package of Dumb Brain Simulation, to get +5Funny.

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  5. Re:I'm a safety guru!!! by suv4x4 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sorry replied to a wrong article, I'm recovering from a shock therapy.

  6. Re:Unexpected side-effects by The+Creator · · Score: 4, Funny
    They can fix that now.

    How depressing...

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