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Kimberly Chiew @kimberlychiew.bsky.social · Aug 13

Treatment resistant depression is incredibly cruel. This is beautiful

Damien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · Aug 10

I still get chills

Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts

Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE

see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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Damien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · Aug 10

I still get chills

Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts

Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE

see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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ziad-nahas.bsky.social @ziad-nahas.bsky.social · Aug 13

He actually is and very articulate. He is teaching us a lot

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ziad-nahas.bsky.social @ziad-nahas.bsky.social · Aug 10

Then we turned on his minimally invasive brain pace-maker and this happened. Thirty months later, his depression remains in full remission.
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lnkd.in/gFZV4zBp
#Neuroscience #MentalHealthInnovation #FunctionalMRI #PrecisionMedicine #DepressionResearch #PACE #BrainStimulation

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