MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a Medtronic deep brain stimulation treatment to treat obsessive compulsive disorder – the first deep brain stimulation treatment ...

AURORA, CO – Here’s a brand new treatment for those with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is well-established as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease and other ...

A new study published in Nature Mental Health suggests that combining brain stimulation with a common psychological treatment may enhance outcomes for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry makes the case that symptom provocation may significantly improve the clinical effectiveness of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), a ...

Discover why deep brain stimulation may be safer than expected and how large scale data could change surgical decision making ...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Allegheny Health Network have developed a new method for deep brain stimulation. The technique, called “DeepFocus,” uses ...

Obtaining prefrontal cortex biopsies during deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in living patients does not increase the risk of adverse events or cognitive decline compared to standard DBS ...

Healthcare professionals outline that OCD can affect a significant portion of the time of people who are experiencing this ...