Deep Brain Stimulation for Psychiatric Diseases: A Pooled Analysis of Published Studies Employing Disease-Specific Standardized Outcome Scales
Author(s) -
Raj Nangunoori,
Nestor Tomycz,
Matthew Quigley,
Michael Oh,
Donald Whiting
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.798
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1423-0372
pISSN - 1011-6125
DOI - 10.1159/000351156
Subject(s) - deep brain stimulation , major depressive disorder , rating scale , psychiatry , medicine , tourette syndrome , depression (economics) , movement disorders , disease , clinical psychology , psychology , parkinson's disease , mood , developmental psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has emerged in recent years as a novel therapy in the treatment of refractory psychiatric disease, including major depressive disorder (MDD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and Tourette's syndrome (TS). Standardized outcome scales were crucial in establishing that DBS was an effective therapy for movement disorders.
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