psychiatric diagnosis
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In a First, Scientists Used Personalised Brain Stimulation to Successfully Treat a Person’s Severe Depression
For some people with difficult-to-treat depression, a personalised, implanted device for the brain might provide relief when nothing else can, a new case study published Monday suggests. Researchers claim, for the first time, to have used custom-fitted deep brain stimulation to substantially alleviate a patient’s decades-long bout with severe depression. Though there are many questions…
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Researchers Made a Free Online Calculator for Dementia Risk
Researchers in Canada have created an easily accessible tool for people worried about the possibility of cognitive decline as they grow older. The online calculator is supposed to estimate the general risk of dementia for the average person 55 and older and is based on research published this month.
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Three Alzheimer’s Patients Were Able to Communicate Again After Experimental Radiation Treatment
A small new study found remarkable improvements in communication and behaviour in three patients with severe Alzheimer’s disease after they received a low-dose radiation treatment. More research will have to be done to confirm these results and to test whether similar benefits could be achieved in people with milder dementia.
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More Evidence Links ‘Cat Scratch’ Bacteria and Schizophrenia
New research is the latest to find evidence of a link between mental illness and infections caused by a group of bacteria commonly found in cats and other animals. The small study found that people with diagnosed schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder were more likely to carry Bartonella bacteria in their bloodstream than a control group…