“I’m deeply suspicious when I see things like deep brain stimulation, another brain operation. When that has been put to a…
“I’m deeply suspicious when I see things like deep brain stimulation, another brain operation. When that has been put to a controlled trial test run by the manufacturers of the devices who wanted to find they were effective, those trials were aborted because the results were so terrible. Yet, there continue to be both media stories about this magnificent new treatment and publications in things like the American Journal of Psychiatry touting it as a possible remedy for the depression that afflicts 10%, 15%, even 20% of Americans.”— Andrew Scull—Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness