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Treating mental illness with electricity marries old ideas with modern tech and understanding of the brain – podcast

  • Written by Daniel Merino, Assistant Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
Treating mental illness with electricity marries old ideas with modern tech and understanding of the brain – podcastIn deep brain stimulation, electrodes – the pale white lines – are implanted into a patient's brain and connected to a battery in a person's chest. Jmarchn/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Mental illnesses such as obsessive compulsive disorder, depression and addiction are notoriously hard to treat and often don’t respond to drugs. But...

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