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More Evidence that Deep Brain Stimulation May Help Treat Mental Illness

(1/4/2012)

By Andy Segal
CNN
January 2, 2012

A new study is advancing the possibility that mentally ill patients who do not respond to conventional therapies may benefit from battery-powered electrodes surgically implanted in their brains.

View the full CNN article: http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/02/more-evidence-that-deep-brain-stimulation-may-help-treat-mental-illness/


Keywords: more evidence, deep brain stimulation, help, treat, mental illness



Recovery Month promotes the societal benefits of prevention, treatment, and recovery for substance use and mental disorders, celebrates people in recovery, lauds the contributions of treatment and service providers, and promotes the message that recovery in all its forms is possible. Recovery Month spreads the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, that prevention works, treatment is effective and people can and do recover.

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