학술논문
Deep brain stimulation for obsessive–compulsive disorder: a crisis of access
Document Type
Brief Communication
Author
Visser-Vandewalle, Veerle; Andrade, Pablo; Mosley, Philip E.; Greenberg, Benjamin D.; Schuurman, Rick; McLaughlin, Nicole C.; Voon, Valerie; Krack, Paul; Foote, Kelly D.; Mayberg, Helen S.; Figee, Martijn; Kopell, Brian H.; Polosan, Mircea; Joyce, Eileen M.; Chabardes, Stephan; Matthews, Keith; Baldermann, Juan C.; Tyagi, Himanshu; Holtzheimer, Paul E.; Bervoets, Chris; Hamani, Clement; Karachi, Carine; Denys, Damiaan; Zrinzo, Ludvic; Blomstedt, Patric; Naesström, Matilda; Abosch, Aviva; Rasmussen, Steven; Coenen, Volker A.; Schlaepfer, Thomas E.; Dougherty, Darin D.; Domenech, Philippe; Silburn, Peter; Giordano, James; Lozano, Andres M.; Sheth, Sameer A.; Coyne, Terry; Kuhn, Jens; Mallet, Luc; Nuttin, Bart; Hariz, Marwan; Okun, Michael S.
Source
Nature Medicine. 28(8):1529-1532
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1078-8956
1546-170X
1546-170X
Abstract
Deep brain stimulation is an effective treatment for obsessive–compulsive disorder but is rarely used. Action is needed by psychologists, psychiatrists and insurers so that patients with otherwise intractable cases can receive this therapy to improve their mental health.