Informed Consent Decision-Making in Deep Brain Stimulation

• Published in: Brain sciences Vol. 8; no. 5; p. 84
• Main Authors: Mandarelli, Gabriele, Moretti, Germana, Pasquini, Massimo, Nicolò, Giuseppe, Ferracuti, Stefano
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 11.05.2018; MDPI
• Subjects: Anxiety; Central nervous system; Cognitive ability; Decision making; decision-making capacity; Deep brain stimulation; Drug therapy; Dystonia; Executive function; Impulsive behavior; Informed consent; Memory; Mental depression; Movement disorders; Neurosurgery; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Patients; Review; Tremor; informed consent; decision-making capacity; deep brain stimulation

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has proved useful for several movement disorders (Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, dystonia), in which first and/or second line pharmacological treatments were inefficacious. Initial evidence of DBS efficacy exists for refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder,...