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Challenges of Deep Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry
This chapter explores the complexities in diagnosing and treating psychiatric disorders like anxiety and depression, focusing on deep brain stimulation (DBS) as a potential intervention. It highlights the difficulties in patient recruitment for DBS trials, ethical constraints, and the impact of placebo effects on study outcomes. Additionally, it discusses the contrasting views on depression as a discrete disorder and the broader implications for psychiatric research funding.