title: Brain stimulation & the treatment of refractory psychiatric disorders.
abstract: Many patients with psychiatric disorders are refractory to current treatments, prompting a search for novel therapies. Based on the efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy, there is interest in developing other brain stimulation methods in psychiatry. Alternatives include vagal nerve stimulation, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and deep brain stimulation. This paper reviews these methods, highlighting strategies currently being used and developed at Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, USA. zorumskc@wustl.edu
authors.forename: Charles F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Zorumski
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Erausquin
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dokucu
authors.forename: Dragan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Svrakic
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jarvis
mesh_terms: D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008923:Missouri; D014630:Vagus Nerve