title: [Psychiatric indications of deep brain stimulation].
abstract: Introduced at the end of the 1980s, high-frequency deep brain stimulation has shown its efficacy in several neurological disorders, including Parkinson's disease, dystonia and essential tremor, in which cortico-subcortical circuit dysfunction is strongly implicated. The existence of psychiatric symptoms in patients with these syndromes has led to the use of this technique in psychiatric disorders, and especially in severe refractory obsessive-compulsive disorders, even though the anatomical target is still controversial. Other potential indications include refractory chronic depression.
authors.affiliation: Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte de, CH Guillaume Regnier, 108, avenue du Gal Leclerc, - BP 60324, 35703 Rennes cedex. bruno.millet@univ-rennes1.fr
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Millet
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vérin
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Drapier
mesh_terms: D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*