A new therapy for refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder, with reference to a neurosurgical approach, Deep Brain Stimulation （DBS）

Abstract

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), a new therapy for refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), has accumulating new evidence for its clinical efficacy in the world, except for Japan. In this paper, I’d like to describe the history of neurosurgical approach in clinical psychiatry field and the critical issues for its further introduction in this field.