Implication of electrodes to stimulate deep areas of the brain might prove beneficial to patients of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who show resistance to treatment, reveals a novel study by Dutch scientists.
The currently used treatments for OCD include cognitive behavioral therapy and medication.
However, the therapies work for only half of the patients and reduce symptoms by an average of 40 to 60 percent and approximately 10 percent of patients remain severely affected by OCD despite receiving the best available treatments, past studies reveal.
16 OCD patients studied
The study conducted by Damiaan Denys of the University of Amsterdam and colleagues looked at 16 patients whose OCD had not responded to previous rounds of treatment.
