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  • World-First Brain Implant Successfully Treats Resistant Depression in a Patient

    10/05/2021 9:22:13 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 42 replies
    https://www.sciencealert.com ^ | 5 OCTOBER 2021 | JACINTA BOWLER
    Depression can be a frighteningly relentless condition. Luckily, researchers around the world are constantly working on new treatment options, such as a newly designed brain implant for resistant depression. Altogether, up to a third of people with depression don't respond or become resistant to treatment. No medication or therapy type seems to help. For those with such treatment-resistant depression, the future can look especially bleak. This is what happened to Sarah, a 36-year-old woman who's had severe and treatment-resistant depression since she was a child. But a new proof-of-concept intervention has provided significant relief for Sarah, and could offer hope...