Electrical stimulation in anterior limbs of internal capsules in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Chronic electrical stimulation instead of bilateral capsulotomy was done in four selected patients with long-standing treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. In three of them beneficial effects were observed.

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Published inThe Lancet (British edition) Vol. 354; no. 9189; p. 1526
Main Authors Nuttin, Bart, Cosyns, Paul, Demeulemeester, Hilde, Gybels, Jan, Meyerson, Björn
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Elsevier Ltd 30.10.1999
Lancet
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Diseases of the nervous system
Double-Blind Method
Electric Stimulation Therapy
Electricity
Female
Humans
Medical sciences
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Neuroses
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - therapy
Psychiatry
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Statistics, Nonparametric
Human
Evaluation
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Nervous system diseases
Electrical treatment
Treatment efficiency
Instrumentation therapy
Anterior
Instrumental stimulation
Striated muscle disease
Internal capsule
Limb
Central nervous system disease
Psychiatry
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Summary:Chronic electrical stimulation instead of bilateral capsulotomy was done in four selected patients with long-standing treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. In three of them beneficial effects were observed.
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ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02376-4