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The Ethics of Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa.
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- Current Neuroethical Perspectives on Deep Brain Stimulation and Neuromodulation for Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Scoping Review of the Past 10 Years.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Ethical considerations for the use of brain-computer interfaces for cognitive enhancement.PLoS biology · 2024Article
- Neuromodulation of Eating Disorders: A Review of Underlying Neural Network Activity and Neuromodulatory Treatments.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Anorexia Nervosa: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Sensor Technology and Intelligent Systems in Anorexia Nervosa: Providing Smarter Healthcare Delivery Systems.BioMed research international · 2022Review
- Defining Autonomy in Psychiatry.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Review
- They Affect the Person, but for Better or Worse? Perceptions of Electroceutical Interventions for Depression Among Psychiatrists, Patients, and the Public.Qualitative health research · 2021Article
- Clinicians' views on neuromodulation as a treatment for eating disorders: A qualitative study.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2021Article
- Evidence-Based Neuroethics, Deep Brain Stimulation and Personality - Deflating, but not Bursting, the Bubble.Neuroethics · 2021Article
- Progress in Brain Computer Interface: Challenges and Opportunities.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2021Review
- Impressive weight gain after deep brain stimulation of nucleus accumbens in treatment-resistant bulimic anorexia nervosa.BMJ case reports · 2020Article
- Correcting the Brain? The Convergence of Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, Psychiatry, and Artificial Intelligence.Science and engineering ethics · 2020Article
- Clarifying the Normative Significance of 'Personality Changes' Following Deep Brain Stimulation.Science and engineering ethics · 2020Article
- Rethinking Human Enhancement as Collective Welfarism.Nature human behaviour · 2019Article
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- Ethics of Deep Brain Stimulation in Adolescent Patients with Refractory Tourette Syndrome: a Systematic Review and Two Case Discussions.Neuroethics · 2018Article
- Neurostimulation in Clinical and Sub-clinical Eating Disorders: A Systematic Update of the Literature.Current neuropharmacology · 2018Review
- Brainjacking in deep brain stimulation and autonomy.Ethics and information technology · 2018Article
- Deep Brain Stimulation, Authenticity and Value.Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics : CQ : the international journal of healthcare ethics committees · 2017Article
- Noninvasive Brain Stimulation and Personal Identity: Ethical Considerations.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2017Article
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Abstract
There is preliminary evidence, from case reports and investigational studies, to suggest that Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) could be used to treat some patients with Anorexia Nervosa (AN). Although this research is at an early stage, the invasive nature of the intervention and the vulnerability of the potential patients are such that anticipatory ethical analysis is warranted. In this paper, we first show how different treatment mechanisms raise different philosophical and ethical questions. We distinguish three potential mechanisms alluded to in the neuroscientific literature, relating to desire, control, and emotion, respectively. We explain why the precise nature of the mechanism has important implications for the patient's autonomy and personal identity. In the second part of the paper, we consider practical dimensions of offering DBS to patients with AN in certain cases. We first discuss some limited circumstances where the mere offering of the intervention might be perceived as exerting a degree of coercive pressure that could serve to undermine the validity of the patient's consent. Finally, we consider the implications of potential effects of DBS for the authenticity of the patient's choice to continue using stimulation to ameliorate their condition.
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