Treating Depression With Electrodes Inside the Brain

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday April 15, 2012 @12:17AM from the still-waiting-on-a-tasp dept.

cowtamer writes "CNN has a writeup on a method of treating depression with implanted electrodes. If this works, we may be seeing a lot more of this type of technology in the future. '[The patients] were lightly sedated when the holes were drilled and the electrodes implanted, but they were awake to describe what they experienced. Several patients reported profound changes just minutes after the stimulator was turned on. One said the room suddenly seemed brighter and colors were more intense. Another described heightened feelings of connectedness and a disappearance of the void.' While I haven't looked into any of the academic literature on this, it seems that yet another Larry Niven Prediction has come true!"

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A great band-aid solution by thatkid_2002 · 2012-04-15 00:22 · Score: 5, Funny

I need electrodes for depression like I need several holes drilled in my head.
"Sorry, I was powered down." by Anonymous Coward · 2012-04-15 00:44 · Score: 5, Funny

The new all-purpose excuse.
In addition to people crossing the street while yakking in their phones, college kids texting while walking, and crazed bicyclists weaving through city traffic while sipping Red Bull, we might have to start dodging people standing on the sidewalk saying, "Charging.... charging... charging...."
It's been done. by jtownatpunk.net · 2012-04-15 00:50 · Score: 5, Funny

I can't be the only person who remembers Stimpy's Happy Helmet.