After years of suffering, a patient with severe and untreatable depression has finally found relief with an experimental brain implant originally developed to help people with epilepsy, researchers in California reported Monday.
It's only a single patient, but the team at the University of California San Francisco says it has seen remarkable results with the device, which is calibrated to detect the signals associated with depressive symptoms in the patient's brain, and interfere with them.World Suicide Prevention Day: Here's how to help in 2021"When we turned this treatment on, our patient's depression symptoms dissolved and in a remarkably small time she went into remission," Dr.
The International Association for Suicide Prevention and Befrienders Worldwide also provide contact information for crisis centers around the world. It took considerable adjustment to make the stimulation feel seamless -- and to make sure the effects lasted for longer than a few minutes."At first, within a few weeks, the suicidal thoughts just disappeared. Then it was just a gradual process. It was like my lens on the world changed," Sarah said. "Everything has gotten easier and easier and easier."One day sticks in her mind."I just remember coming home one of the first times the device was on.
According to NIMH, depression is characterized by a persistent feeling of emptiness and guilt, loss of hope and energy and other symptoms."Depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the U.S. Current research suggests that depression is caused by a combination of genetic, biological, environmental, and psychological factors," NIMH says.About 5% of people worldwide suffer from depression, according to the World Health Organization.
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