Deep brain stimulation for psychiatric disorders
Figee, M.; Schuurman, P.R.; Denys, D.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 162: D2333
2018
ISSN/ISBN: 1876-8784 PMID: 29676713 Document Number: 695915
- Deep brain stimulation (DBS) corrects pathological activity of neuropsychiatric brain networks with high frequency current via implanted brain electrodes.- DBS is an effective and safe treatment for therapy-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder and potentially also for therapy-refractory major depressive disorder.- Experimental psychiatric indications for DBS are Tourette syndrome, addiction, anorexia nervosa, post-traumatic stress disorder, autism and schizophrenia.- DBS influences brain networks that are relevant for a variety of psychiatric symptoms. Potentially, in the future this interventional technique may therefore be deployed more broadly.