Treating Severe Depression with On-Demand Brain Stimulation
UCSF Health physicians have successfully treated a patient with severe depression by tapping into the specific brain circuit involved in depressive brain patterns and resetting them using the equivalent of a pacemaker for the brain.
![Patient Sarah visits her doctor's office where they check on her deep brain stimulation DBS implant](/sites/default/files/styles/news_card__image/public/2021-09/patient-with-deep-brain-stimulator-in-her-doctors-office.jpg)