There’s a stigma around brain implants and other depression treatments
People can be intensely uncomfortable with the idea of changing the brain
As part of a clinical trial on DBS for depression, Jon Nelson makes frequent trips from his house in Pennsylvania to research labs at Mount Sinai in Manhattan.
Aidan Kahn
Electricity Saved My Brain
This is the fifth part in a series on deep brain stimulation for depression. Read from the beginning.
Like many people who have struggled with a mental illness, Emily Hollenbeck had plenty of stories of people not quite getting it.