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Persistence pays off: After 8‑year follow-up, study finds robust and sustained antidepressant response to deep brain stimulation (DBS)

October 14, 2019 by SharpBrains

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Long-Term Fol­low-Up Data Shows Deep Brain Stim­u­la­tion Is an Effec­tive Treat­ment for Treat­ment-Resis­tant Depres­sion (Mount Sinai press release):

“A study pub­lished online on Fri­day, Octo­ber 4, in The Amer­i­can Jour­nal of Psy­chi­a­try found that deep brain stim­u­la­tion (DBS) of an area in the brain called the sub­cal­los­al cin­gu­late (SCC) pro­vides a robust anti­de­pres­sant effect that is sus­tained over a long peri­od of time in patients with treat­ment-resis­tant depres­sion [Read more…] about Per­sis­tence pays off: After 8‑year fol­low-up, study finds robust and sus­tained anti­de­pres­sant response to deep brain stim­u­la­tion (DBS)

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: antidepressant, area-25, brain pacemaker, brain stimulation, DBS, deep-brain-stimulation, depression, Helen-Mayberg, neurosurgical, treatment

Closing the Circuit: Helen Mayberg’s research could revolutionize depression treatment

February 7, 2008 by Greater Good Science Center

Blue, DepressionAt some point in their lives, 5 to 12 per­cent of Amer­i­can men and 10–25 per­cent of women will suf­fer an episode of depres­sion, mak­ing it the most com­mon­ly diag­nosed men­tal dis­or­der today. Unlike nor­mal sad­ness, which pass­es with time, depres­sion feels unstop­pable and caus­es peo­ple to lose inter­est in near­ly all activ­i­ties. Because it affects a per­son­’s abil­i­ty to eat, sleep, work, and func­tion nor­mal­ly, it exacts a huge cost on the econ­o­my, esti­mat­ed at $30 bil­lion dol­lars annu­al­ly. The cost in human suf­fer­ing can­not be measured.

Mil­lions of peo­ple diag­nosed with depres­sion turn to med­ica­tion as a treat­ment, and many of the most pop­u­lar [Read more…] about Clos­ing the Cir­cuit: Helen Mayberg’s research could rev­o­lu­tion­ize depres­sion treatment

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: area-25, blue-cross, brain-stimulation, CBT, chemical-imbalance, cognitive-behavioral-therapy, depression, depression-medications, depression-research, depression-treatment, Emory-University, frontal-lobes, Greater-Goog-Magazine, Helen-Mayberg, Huntingtons, mental-disorder, mental-illness, National-Institute-of-Mental-Health, older-men, older-women, Parkinsons, Paxil, pospartum-depression, Prozac, rewire-the-brain-brain-scans, sadness, Steve-Hollon, talk-therapy, Zoloft

Brain Fitness at Neurotech Industry Conference

April 12, 2007 by Alvaro Fernandez

Zack Lynch from Neu­roIn­sights reminds us that the early­bird reg­is­tra­tion for the Neu­rotech Indus­try Invest­ing and Busi­ness con­fer­ence is about to expire. You can reg­is­ter by April 13th to save $300.

Con­fer­ence Details:

Date: May 17 — 18, 2007
Loca­tion: West­in San Fran­cis­co, Mill­brae, CA

High­ly rec­om­mend­ed con­fer­ence for any­one work­ing on biotech, med­ical devices, diag­nos­tics and neu­rotech­nol­o­gy in gen­er­al, and with added val­ue for any­one inter­est­ed in learn­ing more about sci­ence-based Brain Fit­ness thanks to what we hope will be a ground­break­ing panel:

Title: Brain Fit­ness Through Soft­ware and Neurofeedback

Thurs­day May 17th, 4.45–5.30pm

Descrip­tion: Spurred by the dis­cov­ery of neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty, the aging baby boomer pop­u­la­tion and demand for safe treat­ments for child­hood ADHD, soft­ware com­pa­nies, large and small, are ven­tur­ing into the realm of [Read more…] about Brain Fit­ness at Neu­rotech Indus­try Conference

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Filed Under: Attention & ADD/ADHD, Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: area-25, Brain-Fitness, CBT, cognitive-behavioral-therapy, David-Pescovitz, depression-research, evolution, K12, Neurotechnology, rewire-the-brain-brain-scans, Steve-Hollon, synapses

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