shock therapy, but nothing worked. the despair, i think, is what is the most powerful push toward suicide. because it feels like there is no hope. but if you could look inside edie s head today, this is what you d see. two electrodes, the thick not of angel hair pasta thickness of angel hair pasta, powered by a battery pack. i don t think about it, but i have electrodes in my brain. an experimental use of deep brain stimulation. what are we looking cincinnati pioneered by neurologists. the target is called area 25. a junction box for the brain circuits that control our moods. here at emery, where i m on staff, my colleagues have been using deep brain stimulation for more than 15 years to treat movement disorders such as parkinson s disease. in that case, they re targeting the motor system. dr. mayberg wanted to use dds to target area 25 for patients with severe depression. it was a procedure just like this done on edie guyton. in surgery, patients are lightly sedate
also, confronting the unthinkable. a teenage boy gets cancer, and his father discovers this remarkable source of help. first, under the microscope. a new treatment for depression. a fascinating story. a disease, as you know, that affects more people than coronary heart disease or cancer. good news is that in most cases, it is treatable. medication such as anti-depressants can be effective. in milder cases, cognitive behavioral therapy has been shown to work just as well. unfortunately, for many people, nothing seems to help. and that s why it s exciting to hear about a totally new approach that involves a device that looks like a pacemaker. two wires inserted directly under the brain, and then on the outside, a doctor can literally flip a switch. a pretty radical approach. in some cases, the results are astonishing. for as long as edie geiten can are. she could not get the sad thoughts out of her head. my mother used to say to me, smile, why don t you smile? and i would
180,000 units around the world built cheap and now falling apart. facing a billion-dollar repair bill, congress had a big idea. turn the housing over to private companies and let the free market do its work. but as cnn s deborah feyerick reports, for many families living in those homes that big idea has been a disaster. and the men and women who served to protect us are fighting a losing battle at home. reporter: when these sailors and marines left the u.s. to serve their country, no one imagined many would come home to this. so you know people who are affected in this house? yes. reporter: and then over in this house? mm-hmm. reporter: and that house. norfolk naval base in virginia is the largest in the world. home to the u.s. atlantic fleet. but it s facing a crisis. i m in essence combatting a war on two fronts. i don t feel safe in these houses. i ve never not felt safe in a house. reporter: a crisis that has turned dozens of military families, their
15 years ago congress knew it had a big problem. its military housing was in a desperate state. 180,000 units around the world built cheap and now falling apart. facing a billion-dollar repair bill, congress had a big idea. turn the housing over to private companies and let the free market do its work. but as cnn s deborah feyerick reports, for many families living in those homes that big idea has been a disaster. and the men and women who served to protect us are fighting a losing battle at home. reporter: when these sailors and marines left the u.s. to serve their country, no one imagined many would come home to this. so you know people who are affected in this house? yes. reporter: and then over in this house? mm-hmm. reporter: and that house. norfolk naval base in virginia is the largest in the world. home to the u.s. atlantic fleet. but it s facing a crisis. i m in essence combating a war on two fronts. i don t feel safe in these houses. i ve never no
its military housing was in a desperate state. 180,000 units around the world built cheap and now falling apart. facing a billion-dollar repair bill, congress had a big idea. turn the housing over to private companies and let the free market do its work. but as cnn s deborah feyerick reports, for many families living in those homes that big idea has been a disaster. and the men and women who served to protect us are fighting a losing battle at home. reporter: when these sailors and marines left the u.s. to serve their country, no one imagined many would come home to this. so you know people who are affected in this house? yes. reporter: and then over in this house? mm-hmm. reporter: and that house. norfolk naval base in virginia is the largest in the world. home to the u.s. atlantic fleet. but it s facing a crisis. i m in essence combatting a war on two fronts. i don t feel safe in these houses. i ve never not felt safe in a house. reporter: a crisis tha