A new clinical trial shows that deep brain stimulation (DBS) improved symptoms in half of adults with treatment-resistant ...

Brain implants that deliver electric pulses can ease depression in people who aren't responding to psychiatric drugs, a new ...

Deep brain stimulation—implants in the brain that act as a kind of "pacemaker"—has led to clinical improvements in half of ...

Deep brain stimulation can significantly reduce depressive symptoms in some individuals. Knowing what to expect before and after the procedure may help you determine if it’s right for you. Deep brain ...

A BRAIN ‘pacemaker’ has helped treat half of severely depressed or anxious patients by correcting ‘bad brain signals’.

Half of patients with anxiety and depression have been successfully treated using deep-brain stimulation. More than a third ...

Abbott has launched a pivotal clinical trial to see if its deep-brain stimulation approach can make headway against treatment-resistant depression. The company previously collected green lights for ...

At a Friday lecture, Helen Mayberg, a professor of neurology, neuroscience, neurosurgery and psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, spoke about her pioneering work in deep brain ...

Deep brain stimulation has proved successful for one in two people with treatment-resistant severe depression in a new trial.

As humans, we tend to consider our emotional states as a direct response to the experiences of our lives. Traffic may make us frustrated, betrayal may make us angry, or the ever-grinding wear of ...

A research team led in part by two BBRF grantees has reported initial success in using a novel, highly personalized, and technologically advanced treatment approach to relieve symptoms in a single ...