Experimental Brain Surgery New Hope For People With Severe OCD
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/27/health/research/27brain.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&hp
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People who suffer extreme forms of Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder (OCD) or other mental illnesses might have hope for a better future with an experimental surgery that cuts away parts of the brain, either with radiation lasers or actual drills, to short circuit the message pathways that cause the disorder.
Though some people have benefited from the brain surgery, others have had no change and one suffered brain damage. There's a strict selection process to find viable candidates for the surgery.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/27/health/research/27brain.html?pagewanted=1&...
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Though some people have benefited from the brain surgery, others have had no change and one suffered brain damage. There's a strict selection process to find viable candidates for the surgery.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/27/health/research/27brain.html?pagewanted=1&...
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2009/11/27/us/27brain_CA0.html
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2009/11/26/health/research/27brain-graphic.htm...
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- Depression, Mental Illness, OCD, Brain Surgery
