Eureka Alert!

Why Therapy Doesn’t Work for Everyone. Why Talking About It Might.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘Hmmm. That's funny...’ – Isaac Asimov

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Surgery for OCD and Other Anxiety Disorders Risky

Neurosurgery is a new trend in the psychiatric community, but research in Sweden indicates caution is necessary. They found that adverse effects of neurosurgery used to treat severe obsessive compulsive disorder and other anxiety disorders were more frequent than they had previously thought.

See Neurosurgical treatment of anxiety disorders effective -- but risky.