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Brain Wound Eliminates Man's Mental Illness (1988)

47 pointsby denysoniqueover 10 years ago

14 comments

chockablockover 10 years ago
As of 2014, deep brain stimulation (DBS, think pacemaker for the brain) is formally recommended in the US for treatment-resistant OCD.<p><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/282899.php" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.medicalnewstoday.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;282899.php</a><p>In the SF Bay area, Stanford, UCSF and Kaiser all have very active DBS practices treating a range of conditions.<p><a href="https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-clinics/deep-brain-stimulation-program/conditions.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;stanfordhealthcare.org&#x2F;medical-clinics&#x2F;deep-brain-st...</a><p><a href="http://neurosurgery.ucsf.edu/index.php/deep-brain-stimulation-for-OCD.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;neurosurgery.ucsf.edu&#x2F;index.php&#x2F;deep-brain-stimulatio...</a>
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mrleinadover 10 years ago
&quot;Brain Wound Eliminates Man&#x27;s Mental Illness&quot;.. doesn&#x27;t this sum up all neurosurgery in a single sentence? Or aren&#x27;t surgical procedures &quot;inflicted wounds&quot;?
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sfttemp88over 10 years ago
I have literally become a phd in OCD., and this is how I got rid of it, or at least it&#x27;s not hindering my life like before., obviously in addition to some med.<p>So the point is, read as much as you can, and try to master the OCD like a physic, my phsic told me, you know more than me. though he had 50 years experience.<p>How this help, after all what you read is going in the brain, after excessive study, your brain would reach a point, where it would be aware, the you have OCD, this is where, the things start to go from good to better.<p>If you are unable to deep consciousness that you have OCD, it would overcome again and again.<p>In short, it&#x27;s the mental illness, and only your brain can fix it. You just need make your brain realize that you have a problem, once the brain deeply acknowledge it, it will fix it.<p>Once your brain acknowledges, it would a lot easy to shift your focus away.<p>Shifting focus away from the OCD thought is the key for elimination.<p>If you get OCD thought shift your focus, but it&#x27;s easier said than done, you can only do it, once your brain has acknowledged you have OCD. and for that you have to deeply study OCD
ccleveover 10 years ago
The most famous similar case is that of Phineas Gage. The brain injuries he suffered were of enormous importance to science. The whole story is fascinating. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Phineas_Gage</a>
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aaron695over 10 years ago
DOI: 10.1192&#x2F;bjp.151.6.855<p><a href="http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/151/6/855" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;bjp.rcpsych.org&#x2F;content&#x2F;151&#x2F;6&#x2F;855</a><p>Obviously the real story is not as simplistic. Newspapers in 1988 are the same as today, full of just so stories.<p>That said, the real story is quite interesting and sad if you have access to the article.
nashashmiover 10 years ago
&gt; George had also retained the same I.Q. he had before becoming ill, Dr. Solyum said, and he returned to school, got a new job and is now in his second year of college. #3% in U.S. May Be Compulsive The story was also reported in today&#x27;s issue of The Los Angeles Times.<p>I don&#x27;t think he could have done so well in college if he did not have OCD in the beginning. The OCD got severe so he opted for suicide.<p>So what is the real lesson here? Let mental illnesses do their thing until they get out of hand? And then perform surgery to remove what made them gifted in the first place so their gifts could reign unfettered?<p>Or something else? Like incredible powers (mental illnesses) be given incredibly powerful management techniques for restraint. Isn&#x27;t that how management works with highly talented members who are restrained from going too deep?
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stretchwithmeover 10 years ago
Isn&#x27;t that how radial keratotomy, the forerunner of lasik, got started?<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radial_keratotomy" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Radial_keratotomy</a>
mikepalmerover 10 years ago
WTF, I love you too, mom.
spitfireover 10 years ago
I can&#x27;t help but think of surgical tamping rods.
ghshephardover 10 years ago
Reading through the treatment, it seems somewhat perilous to reproduce in the manner described. One would hope that a surgical treatment replicating the effects (if not the exact manner) of this cure could be researched - thought that to is not without it&#x27;s challenges...
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galagoover 10 years ago
Is he still alive? How is he doing?!!
gokulgover 10 years ago
miracle ?
edgarvmover 10 years ago
old news: February 25, 1988
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paulsutterover 10 years ago
So there are 1.5 million brain injuries per year in the US[1], and they found one with a positive outcome.<p>Publication bias[2] is the most charitable explanation, but really it shows that even the New York Times is prone to sensationalism[3]<p>[1] <a href="https://www.braintrauma.org/tbi-faqs/tbi-statistics/" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.braintrauma.org&#x2F;tbi-faqs&#x2F;tbi-statistics&#x2F;</a><p>[2] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publication_bias" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Publication_bias</a><p>[3] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensationalism" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sensationalism</a><p>EDIT: No that does NOT make it interesting. It suggests that it would take order of 1.5 million more brain injuries to reproduce it. Hardly a medical advance.
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