Is deep brain stimulation a form of psychosurgery?

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-99

  Sachdev, Perminder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Depression; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Psychosurgery; Stereotactic neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; LAW; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOSURGERY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 34248221130     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560601148333     Document Type: Article

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