Most patients who suffer from severe depression rarely find effective and long-lasting treatments for the condition. That could change, thanks to a new method that involves using weak electrical impulses to stimulate a part of the brain with fine electrodes: deep-brain stimulation. Psychiatrist and neurologist Professor Malek Bajbouj talks to us about this method and its therapeutic potential.
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