Lifting depression with brain implants.

DEEP brain stimulation; MEDICAL personnel; CONTROL (Psychology); MENTAL depression; TRANSCRANIAL magnetic stimulation; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress

But that's not what happened to Jon. Worries over spiraling dark moods surface among people with DBS for depression, says psychologist Shannon O'Neill, who works with Jon and other people treated with DBS at Mount Sinai. Until Jon's son asked if he would see Jon again, on the evening before the procedure, Jon even nurtured a little bit of hope that he might die during the brain surgery he volunteered for. When Barbara and Jon got together in their early 20s, she thought Jon was the happiest and nicest person she had ever met. Features On a hot, sunny Sunday afternoon in Manhattan, time froze for Jon Nelson. JON'S STORY - Early in the morning on his surgery day, Jon's medical team told him that Mayberg would check in with him just before the procedure began. [Extracted from the article]

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