Tiefe Hirnstimulation bei psychischen Erkrankungen - Indikation in Einzelfällen bei Depressionen, Zwangsstörungen, Tourette-Syndrom und tardiven Dyskinesien
Tiefe Hirnstimulation bei psychischen Erkrankungen - Indikation in Einzelfällen bei Depressionen, Zwangsstörungen, Tourette-Syndrom und tardiven Dyskinesien
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The application of deep brain stimulation in neurologic disorders such as dystonia or M. Parkinson raises the question which psychiatric disorder may benefit from deep brain stimulation as well. Until now single case reports or reports summarizing 6 to 10 patients report clinical improvement to a variable degree in patients suffering from depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette syndrome or tardive dystonia. The indication for deep brain stimulation was met only after utilised use of medication and psychotherapy. Target regions for depression are a subgenual cingular region, for OCD the anterior part of the internal capsula and the nucleus accumbens. In Tourette syndrome reports mention the subregions of the thalamus , the globus pallidus internus or the nucleus accumbens as target region. In tardive dystonia the globus pallidus internus was stimulated.