A new clinical trial shows that deep brain stimulation (DBS) improved symptoms in half of adults with treatment-resistant depression, with one-third reaching remission.

Deep brain stimulation—implants in the brain that act as a kind of "pacemaker"—has led to clinical improvements in half of ...

A BRAIN ‘pacemaker’ has helped treat half of severely depressed or anxious patients by correcting ‘bad brain signals’. Scientists say 34.6 per cent of people in the trial ...

Abbott has launched a pivotal clinical trial to see if its deep-brain stimulation approach can make headway against treatment-resistant depression. The company previously collected green lights for ...

Major depressive disorder is one of the most common mental health problems worldwide. The post Half of patients with ...

A research team led in part by two BBRF grantees has reported initial success in using a novel, highly personalized, and technologically advanced treatment approach to relieve symptoms in a single ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — There’s potential new hope for patients dealing with treatment-resistant depression. Deep brain stimulation, or DBS, targets the region in the brain that is overactivated in ...

Deep brain stimulation has proved successful for one in two people with treatment-resistant severe depression in a new trial.

Researchers have begun using a form of deep brain stimulation to treat the most severe forms of depression. The experimental treatment, researchers say, is comparable to a pacemaker for the brain. One ...

Last year, we wrote about a technology called tDCS-- transcranial direct current stimulation -- that improves your mental acuity by passing a small electrical current through your brain. The US Army ...