Deep Brain Stimulation: The Future of Mental Illness Treatment in India
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Mental illness is a health issue that affects a large number of people globally and the hefty amountsof money being spent on the management and treatment of mental illness are alarming. With recent years, asubstantial number of mental illness patients have shown no improvement on the available mental illnessinterventions. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a technology that has shown tremendous results in thetreatment of movement disorders. Recent research has tried to explore this technology on treatment-resistantmental illness and the results have been promising. This review looks into DBS as the promising future inthe treatment of mental illness in India.
Author: Samkelisiwe Nosipho Shongwe, Prof. Sampathkumar
Language: English
Subfield: Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6968564207
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