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Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Treat OCD Patients With Comorbidities
by Hannah Joy on 
April 1, 2021 at 4:37 PM
Frontiers in Psychiatry.
DBS is a minimally invasive neurosurgical procedure that uses coordinates to target certain areas of the brain, implanting electrodes that can help regulate abnormal brain activity.
DBS procedures are rare for OCD in the United States; only a couple hundred patients have received this treatment for OCD management since its FDA approval in 2009 via a Humanitarian Device Exemption. The effectiveness of DBS for OCD has been well-documented in literature, but the interplay with comorbid disorders has not been as thoroughly explored. ....

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