Ummm... No.

[hunter_rose76]

"Brain pacemaker" could treat depression, OCD.

I am all for treating depression and OCD but I think this is a little excessive. One misstep with the voltage and you run the risk of lobotomizing your patient. Not to mention that this screams electroshock treatment.

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[x_creepy_doll_x]

I think I'll pass.

[siptah]

you do know they already do something very similar to treat advanced Parkenson's Disease and epilipsy and other seizure/tremor diseases, right? They're just working on finding out what else it can do. And, btw, they do still perform electroshock treatment on people with severe mental health issues with success. Unlike you see in the movies and such, the patient is sedated/anethetized for the procedure. I've paid bills for them.

[trisket]

True - electroshock works in cases of severe depression when normal medication doesn't work. It's a way of retraining the brain to get it to jump to neural pathways it has been sidestepping. It really isn't like the movies and from one case I have seen, it had dramatic, positive results after a couple sessions. It's too bad there is such a stigma regarding it. The woman I know that went through the procedure was terrified before hand but luckily consented to go through with it. That was twenty years ago. It makes sense they have improved and miniaturized it by now.