ArticleSurgical neurology international2017
Deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder: Knowledge and concerns among psychiatrists, psychotherapists and patients.
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- Barriers and facilitators to implementing deep brain stimulation for psychiatric disorders: a systematic review.Translational psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- The differential effects of psychiatrists' and patients' prior experiences on views about psychiatric electroceutical interventions.Journal of psychiatric research · 2024Trial
- Views about neuromodulation interventions for depression by stakeholder group, treatment modality, and depression severity.Comprehensive psychiatry · 2023Trial
- Japanese psychiatrists' perceptions of surgical treatment for treatment-resistant obsessive compulsive disorder: A nationwide survey.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2026Article
- From lobotomy to connectomics: a critical review of contemporary psychosurgery.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Exploring disparities in self-reported knowledge about neurotechnology.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Public Perceptions of Neurotechnologies Used to Target Mood, Memory, and Motor Symptoms.Device · 2025Article
- The influence of prior awareness on views about psychiatric electroceutical interventions among non-clinician stakeholders.Npj mental health research · 2023Article
- Deep brain stimulation in the ALIC-BNST region targeting the bed nucleus of stria terminalis in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: effects on cognition after 12 months.Acta neurochirurgica · 2023Article
- Therapies for obsessive-compulsive disorder: Current state of the art and perspectives for approaching treatment-resistant patients.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
- Vagus nerve stimulation allows to cease maintenance electroconvulsive therapy in treatment-resistant depression: a retrospective monocentric case series.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Last Resort Interventions?: A Qualitative Study of Psychiatrists' Experience with and Views on Psychiatric Electroceutical Interventions.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2021Article
- A qualitative study of key stakeholders' perceived risks and benefits of psychiatric electroceutical interventions.Health, risk & society · 2021Article
- Application of Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment-resistant Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Current Status and Future Perspectives in Japan.Neurologia medico-chirurgica · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundDeep brain stimulation (DBS) is under investigation for severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) resistant to other therapies. The number of implants worldwide is slowly increasing. Therefore, it is of importance to explore knowledge and concerns of this novel treatment among patients and their psychiatric healthcare contacts. This information is relevant for scientific professionals working with clinical studies for DBS for this indication. Especially, for future study designs and the creation of information targeting healthcare professionals and patients. The aim of this study was to explore the knowledge and concerns toward DBS among patients with OCD, psychiatrists, and cognitive behavioral therapists.
methodsThe study was conducted through web-based surveys for the aimed target groups -psychiatrist, patients, and cognitive behavioral therapists. The surveys contained questions regarding previous knowledge of DBS, source of knowledge, attitudes, and concerns towards the therapy.
resultsThe main source of information was from scientific sources among psychiatrists and psychotherapists. The patient's main source of information was the media. Common concerns among the groups included complications from surgery, anesthesia, stimulation side effects, and the novelty of the treatment. Specific concerns for the groups included; personality changes mentioned by patients and psychotherapists, and ethical concerns among psychiatrists.
conclusionThere are challenges for DBS in OCD as identified by the participants of this study; source and quality of information, efficacy, potential adverse effects, and eligibility. In all of which the current evidence base still is limited. A broad research agenda is needed for studies going forward.
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