Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Progress Report

Each month The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation hosts a Meet the Scientist Webinar featuring a researcher discussing the latest findings related to mental illness. In October, 2019, the Foundation featured Dr. Helen S. Mayberg of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Description: It is now almost 15 years since researchers first used a method called Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) to treat major depression that has not responded to conventional therapies. Subsequently, follow-up studies have made s