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• New therapy gives hope for very severe depression
  PHYSorg.com: Psychology & Psychiatry News
  German physicians at the University Clinics of Bonn and Cologne have treated ten patients with deep brain stimulation. This involved implanting electrodes in the patients’ nucleus accumbens. This centre has a key role in as the brains reward system, whose function may be impaired in depressive people. Subsequent to this treatment, the patients’ depression improved significantly in half of the patients.
  Thanks to a new method there is a reason for hope for patients with very severe depression. German physicians at the University Clinics of Bonn and Cologne have treated ten patients with deep brain stimulation…
• Why doctors and patients shouldn't discuss medical problems on social media
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