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Are we getting closer to offering deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression in clinical practice?

Molecular Psychiatry volume 28, pages 2627–2629 (2023)Cite this article

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“Sadness is that feeling,

When the falling doesn’t stop,

And it saps your life of meaning,

And of the good things that you’ve got,

So when you finally hit rock bottom,

And you look back up at the sky,

What you once had seems so far away,

The only thing left to do is cry,”

“Sadness is that feeling,

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    Liming Qiu, Casey H. Halpern & Daniel A. N. Barbosa

  2. Department of Surgery, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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CHH receives consulting and speaking honoraria from Boston Scientific. CHH and DANB have patents related to sensing and brain stimulation for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders: USPTO Serial Number: 63/170,404 and 63/220,432. International Publication Number: WO 2022/212891 A1 (International Publication Date: October 6, 2022). CHH and DANB have patents related to using tractography for circuit-based brain stimulation: USPTO Serial Number: 63/210,472. International Publication Number: WO 2022/266000 (International Publication Date: December 22, 2022).

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Qiu, L., Halpern, C.H. & Barbosa, D.A.N. Are we getting closer to offering deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression in clinical practice?. Mol Psychiatry 28, 2627–2629 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-023-02078-z

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