Parkinson's treatment 'Deep Brain Stimulation' also effective for psychiatric conditions
Washington, July 3 (ANI): After being approved for Parkinson's disease, a treatment called Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is now showing some promise to benefit people suffering from some psychiatric conditions too.
Dr. Douglas Anderson, a professor of neurological surgery at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine who first used DBS to treat a middle-aged woman confined to a wheelchair due to her Parkinson's, says that he has used the technique to treat patients for obsessive-compulsive disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, and debilitating headaches als...continue reading
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