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Depression: New therapy gives reason for hope

A study at the University Clinics of Bonn and Cologne gives people with therapy-resistant depression reason for hope. The doctors treated two men and a woman with what is known as deep brain stimulation. During the simulation the condition of two of the three patients improved within a few days. The results of the preliminary study have now been published in the renowned journal Neuropsychopharmacology.

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