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Some remarkable lessons have been learned by Dr. Helen Mayberg and her colleagues in their application of deep-brain stimulation in major depression. DBS is a pioneering experimental treatment for “…
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![A Pacemaker for Depression and More](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/circuitboardbackground-1440_9.jpg?itok=NGlN7ntt)
Even in abbreviated form, a career synopsis of Scientific Council Member Helen Mayberg, M.D., presents a remarkable set of achievements.
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![A Return To Life: One Patient’s Recovery After Receiving Deep Brain Stimulation For Depression](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/middleagedwomaninhat-1440_1.jpg?itok=O-4gLpDQ)
For so long, Kathryn lived in a world of gray. Then, on a gloomy October morning in 2007, as she walked out into a mall parking lot, she was struck by the fiery reds and yellows of the autumn leaves…
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![A New Understanding of Risk for Bipolar Disorder](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/childrenhuggingbacksturned-1440.jpg?itok=JEqvWkWM)
Bipolar disorder (BD) can be a difficult condition to diagnose because its signature symptoms–episodes of abnormal, often persistent, highs and lows–are related to one another in different ways in…
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