Deep Brain Stimulation: A New Treatment Strategy for Intractable Depression – Dr. Helen Mayberg

Watch Dr. Helen Mayberg’s talk about deep brain stimulation as an experimental therapy for treatment-resistant depression. Dr. Mayberg pioneered this technique, which delivers small bursts of electrical current to a patient’s subcallosal cingulate white matter via a surgically implanted electrode. From 2009. Recorded at the annual Staglin Music Festival for Mental Health.