The phenomenology of deep brain stimulation-induced changes in OCD: an enactive affordance-based model.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2013 Sanneke De Haan, Erik Rietveld, Martin Stokhof et al. 218 citations
People suffering from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) do things they do not want to do, and/or they think things they do not want to think. In about 10% of OCD patients, none of the available treatment options is effective. A small group of these patients is currently being treated with deep brain stimulation (DBS). DBS involves the implantation of electrodes in the brain. These electrodes...